Gen"der , v. i. To copulate; to breed. [R.]
Shak.
Gen"der (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gendered (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Gendering.]
[OF. gendrer, fr. L. generare. See Gender, n.]
To beget; to engender.
Gen"der (j&ebreve;n"d&etilde;r), n. [OF. genre, gendre (with excrescent d.), F. genre, fr. L. genus, generis, birth, descent, race, kind, gender, fr. the root of genere,
gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born, akin
to E. kin. See Kin, and cf. Generate, Genre,
Gentle, Genus.]
1. Kind; sort. [Obs.] "One gender of herbs." Shak.
2. Sex, male or female. [Obs. or
Colloq.]
3. (Gram.)
A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according
to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex.
Gender is
a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living objects.
R.
Morris. &fist;
Adjectives and pronouns are said to vary
in gender when the form
is varied according to the gender of
the words to which they refer.
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