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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gener, Genner, v. Also: genir, gennyre. [OF. genrer, L. generāre. Cf. Gender v.]

1. tr. To gender or beget (offspring). Also absol.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xvii. 30.
A fel beste of the kynd of thai That are generyt in Asya a1500 Henr. Orph. 501.
His nature ȝeid him fro Of quhilk was generit the centauris 1490 Irland Mir. I. 75/7.
Thocht my fader synnit nocht generand me c1500 Crying of Play 29.
I … Quhilk generit am of gyandis kynd a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 259.
[He was] Generit betuix ane sche beir and a deill c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 32.
The Jow … generit was of gyans 1513 Doug. xii. xii. 31.
Twa men … Generit and bred in realmys far insundir 1549 Compl. 151/7.
This samyn horse … hed ane brother, generit and folit of the samyn horse and meyr that folit him c1590 Fowler I. 95/342.
My natiwe soyle … in which I genered was ?1549 Monro W. Isles 24.
Mony fisches resortis & hantis thairto & generis within the same(b) c1500-c1512 Dunb. xiii. 46.
Baith Carmeleitis and Cordilleris Cumis thair to genner and get ma freiris 1549 Compl. 153/21.
Thou hes nocht dune sic ane nobil act as to genner ane nobil prince

2. To generate, originate, produce, cause.Very common in the 15th and 16th centuries.(a) a1400 Leg. S. vi. 170.
Of rottinge pollucione Is generit in our flesche 1416 Liber Melros 539.
We vndirtakand … that the saide remowing of thair plvis … sal gener thaim … na preiudice c1460 Consail Wys Man 288.
Harsk wordis generys myslovinge Ib. 415.
Our his hed to tak his land Desyr nocht, for it generys fed a1500 Bk. Chess 8.
Ane richt gret influens Throw the quhilk generit was a pestilens c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 316.
Neuer bot in a gentill hert is generit ony ruth 1531 Bell. Boece I. 208.
To gener frequent seditionis amang his subdittis 1565 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 460.
Considering the said attemptat … to be to genir schism and discord within the burgh a1570-86 Maitl. F. lxxii. 18.
The synnis sewin That generis trubbill in everie regioun 1622-6 Bisset II. 198/3.
Pace and concorde generis prosperitie(b) 1438 Rec. Earld. Orkney. 71.
Quhare the hyding off suthfastnes ma genner scathe, schame or prejudice til ane innocent man 1453 Melville Chart. 37.
Quhare the occultatioun of verite ma gennyre preiudice tille innocentis 1540 Lynd. Sat. 4271.
I knaw that cowle and skaplarie Genners mair hait nor charitie a1578 Pitsc. I. 16/24.
Knawin[g] that gret mischeiffe is gennerit among nobil men

3. intr. To originate, arise. 1561 Reg. Privy C. I. 161.
That gretar skaith gener nocht thairthrow 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 18.
Stoppand siclyk to gener in tymes cumming