Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Genuine"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Genuine \Gen"u*ine\, a. [L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to
beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. g['e]nuine. See
{Gender}.]
Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native;
hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated;
authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a
genuine production; genuine materials. ``True, genuine
night.'' --Dryden.

Syn: Authentic; real; true; pure; unalloyed; unadulterated.
See {Authentic}. -- {Gen"u*ine*ly}, adv. --
{Gen"u*ine*ness}, n.

The evidence, both internal and external, against
the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming.
--Macaulay.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

genuine
adj 1: not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine
leather" [syn: {echt}] [ant: {counterfeit}]
2: not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine
emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true
grief" [syn: {true(a)}, {unfeigned}]
3: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of
something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a
desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: {actual},
{literal}, {real}]


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