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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
genuine \gen"u*ine\, adjective [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}, adverb -- {Gen"u*ine*ness}, noun
The evidence, both internal and external, against the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather" [syn: {genuine}, {echt}] [ant: {counterfeit}, {imitative}]
2: not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief" [syn: {genuine}, {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}, {genuine}, {literal}, {real}]
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