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† conˈgenious, a. Obs.
Also 7 -geneous.
[f. L. con- together + geni-us + -ous (cf. congenial). The spelling in -eous was prob. suggested by homogeneous, etc. Cf. It. congeneo ‘of the same kind’ (Florio).]
= congenerous; homogeneous.
1630Hales Gold. Rem. (1688) 364 In the blood thus drop'd there remains a spirit of life congenius to that in the body. 1658J. Robinson Stone to Altar 87 Congeneous unto the former, is this mistake. 1677Hale Contempl. ii. 232 This Retribution, as it is most admirably Con-genious and Con-natural to the right constitution of the Humane Nature. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xviii. 644 For what sooner fills the vacuities of the Flesh, than a congeneous substance. |