What does generant mean?
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gen·er·ant
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generantnoun
A generatrix.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Generantnoun
The begetting or productive power.
Etymology: generans, Latin.
Some believe that the soul is made by God, some by angels, and some by the generant: whether it be immediately created or traduced hath been the great ball of contention to the later ages. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. c. 4.
In such pretended generations the generant or active principle is supposed to be the sun, which, being an inanimate body, cannot act otherwise than by his heat. John Ray, on the Creat.
Webster Dictionary
Generantadjective
generative; producing
Generantadjective
acting as a generant
Generantnoun
that which generates
Generantnoun
a generatrix
Etymology: [L. generans, p. pr. of generare.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of generant in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of generant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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