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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Genuine \Gen"u*ine\, a. [L. genuinus fr genere, gignere to
beget, in pass., to be born: cf F. g['e]nuine. See
{Gender}.]
Belonging to or proceeding from the original stock; native;
hence not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated;
authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as a genuine text; a
genuine production; genuine materials. ``True, genuine
night.'' --Dryden.
Syn: Authentic; real; true; pure; unalloyed; unadulterated.
See {Authentic}. -- {Gen"u*ine*ly}, adv --
{Gen"u*ine*ness}, n.
The evidence, both internal and external, against
the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming.
--Macaulay.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
genuine
adj 1: not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine
leather" [ant: {counterfeit}]
2: not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine
emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true
grief" [syn: {true(a)}, {unfeigned}]
3: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of
something "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a
desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: {actual},
{literal}, {real}]
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