Gen"e*sis (?), n. [L., from Gr. , fr. the root of to beget, be born; akin to L. genus birth, race. See Gender.]
1.
The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination.
The origin and genasis of poor Sterling's club.
Carlyle.
2.
The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race.
3. Geom.
Same as Generation.
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