Gen"e*sis (?), n. [L., from Gr. ge`nesis, fr. the root of gi`gnesqai 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 genesis 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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