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geniture

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gen⋅i⋅ture

  [jen-i-cher, -choor]
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–noun
1. birth; generation.
2. Astrology. nativity.
Origin:
1540–50; (MF) < L genitūra. See genital, -ure
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gen·i·ture   (jěn'ĭ-chər)   
n.  Birth; nativity.

[Latin genitūra, reproduction, from genitus, past participle of gignere, to beget; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
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