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2 definitions found 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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