Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GER'MAN-ISM, n.

An idiom of the German language. Chesterfield.

GERM'EN, n. [plur. Germens.]

Now contracted to germ, which see.

GERM'IN-AL, a. [from germen. See Germ.]

Pertaining to a germ or seed-bud. Med. Repos.

GERM'IN-ANT, a.

Sprouting.

GERM'IN-ATE, v.i. [L. germino, from germen.]

To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed. Bacon.

GERM'IN-ATE, v.t.

To cause to sprout. [Unusual.] Price.

GERM'IN-A-TING, ppr.

Sprouting; beginning to vegetate.

GERM-IN-A'TION, n.

1. The act of sprouting; the first beginning of vegetation in a seed or plant.
2. The time in which seeds vegetate, after being planted or sown. Martyn.

GE-RO-COM'IC-AL, a.

Pertaining to gerocomy. [Little used.] Smith.

GE-ROC'O-MY, n. [Gr. γερων and κομεω.]

That part of medicine which treats of the proper regimen for old people.

GER'UND, n. [L. gerundium, from gero, to bear.]

In the Latin grammar, a kind of verbal noun, partaking of the nature of a participle. Encyc.

GES-LING, n. [for Gosling. Not in use.]

GEST, n. [L. gestum, from gero, to carry, to do.]

1. A deed, action or achievement. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Show; representation. [Obs.]
3. [Fr. gîte, for giste, from gesir, to lie.] A stage in traveling; so much of a journey as is made without resting; or properly, a rest; a stop. [Obs.] Brown.
4. A roll or journal of the several days and stages prefixed, in the journeys of the English kings, many of which are extant in the herald's office. Hanmer.

GES-TA'TION, n. [L. gestatio, from gero, to carry.]

1. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy. Ray. Cox.
2. The act of wearing, as clothes or ornaments. Brown.
3. The act of carrying sick persons in carriages, as a salutary exercise, by which diseases have often been cured. Med. Repos.

GES'TA-TO-RY, a.

That may be carried or worn. Brown.

GES'TIC, a.

Pertaining to deeds; legendary. Goldsmith.

GES-TIC'U-LATE, v.i. [L. gesticulor, from gestum, gero, to bear or carry, or gestio.]

To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures. Herbert.

GES-TIC'U-LATE, v.t.

To imitate; to act. B. Jonson.

GES-TIC'U-LA-TING, ppr.

Making gestures, as in speaking.

GES-TIC-U-LA'TION, n. [L. gesticulatio.]

1. The act of making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments.
2. Gesture; a motion of the body or limbs in speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments.
3. Antic tricks or motions.

GES-TIC'U-LA-TOR, n.

One that shows postures, or makes gestures.

GES-TIC'U-LA-TO-RY, a.

Representing in gestures. Warton.

GES'TUR-AL, a.

Pertaining to gesture.

GES'TURE, n. [L. gestus, from gero, to bear, to do; Fr. geste.]

1. A motion of the body or limbs expressive of sentiment or passion; any action or posture intended to express an idea or a passion, or to enforce an argument or opinion. It consists chiefly in the actions or movements of the hands and face, and should be suited to the subject. Encyc.
2. Movement of the body or limbs. Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, / In every gesture dignity and love. Milton.

GES'TURE, v.t.

To accompany with gesture or action. Hooker. Wotton.