Definition for GE'NI-AL

GE'NI-AL, a. [L. genialis, from geno, gigno, Gr. γενναω, γινομαι.]

  1. Contributing to propagation or production; that causes to produce. Creator, Venus, genial power of love. Dryden.
  2. Gay; merry. Warton.
  3. Enlivening; contributing to life and cheerfulness; supporting life. So much I feel my genial spirits droop. Milton.
  4. Native; natural. [Not usual.] Brown. The genial gods, in pagan antiquity, were supposed to preside over generation, as earth, air, fire and water.

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