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  1. generantnoun

    A generatrix.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. Generantadjective

    generative; producing

  2. Generantadjective

    acting as a generant

  3. Generantnoun

    that which generates

  4. Generantnoun

    a generatrix

  5. Etymology: [L. generans, p. pr. of generare.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of generant in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of generant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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