adv. [ OE. altogedere; al all + togedere together. See Together. ] 1. All together; conjointly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Altogether they went at once. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without exception; wholly; completely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Ps. xxxix. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. nakedness; -- used mostly in the phrase “in the altogether”. [ informal ]
Syn. -- raw, buff, birthday suit [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; the north + &unr_;, &unr_;, country. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to arctic lands; as, the arctogeal fauna. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Self-produced; autogenous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Auto- + genesis. ] (Biol.) Spontaneous generation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) 1. Relating to autogenesis; self-generated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phys. Geog.) Pertaining to, controlled by, or designating, a system of self-determined drainage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Phys. Geog.) A system of natural drainage developed by the constituent streams through headwater erosion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Phys. Geog.) A system of land forms produced by the free action of rain and streams on rocks of uniform texture. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. 1. self-generated; self-produced.
Syn. -- autogenous [ PJC ]

2. (Physiology) originating within the body; -- oposite of heterogenous.
Syn. -- autogenous [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. training patients in self-induced relaxation.
Syn. -- autogenic therapy, autogenic training [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; self + root of gi`gnesqai to be born. ] 1. (Biol.) Self-generated; produced independently. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Developed from an independent center of ossification. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a. Autogenetic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Autogenous soldering, the junction by fusion of the joining edges of metals without the intervention of solder. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an autogenous manner; spontaneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. blasto`s sprout + E. genesis. ] (Biol.) Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, color + -genous. ] Producing color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ky`tos hollow vessel + E. genesis. ] (Biol.) Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. See Gemmation, Budding, Karyokinesis; also Cell development, under Cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to cytogenesis or cell development. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Producing cells; -- applied esp. to lymphatic, or adenoid, tissue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Cell production or development; cytogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -gen. ] (Bot.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -gen. ] (Bot.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + isatine + -gen. ] (Chem.) A red crystalline nitrogenous substance of artificial production, which by reduction passes directly to indigo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ento- + -genous. ] (Biol.) See Endogenous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'epi`lhptos epileptic + -genous. ] (Med.) Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; -- applied to areas of the body or of the nervous system, stimulation of which produces convulsions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exter outward + &unr_;genous. ] (Biol.) Exogenous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haemato- + genesis. ] (Physiol.) (a) The origin and development of blood. (b) The transformation of venous into arterial blood by respiration; hematosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Relating to haematogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Originating in the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. "h^par, "h`patos, the liver + root of gi`gnesqai to be born ] (Med.) Arising from the liver; due to a condition of the liver; as, hepatogenic jaundice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "isto`s tissue + E. genesis.] (Biol.) (a) The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of histolysis. (b) Germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells. Haeckel. [1913 Webster]

a. [ See Histogeny. ] (Biol.) Tissue-producing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "isto`s tissue + root of gi`gnesqai to be born.] (Biol.) Same as Histogenesis. Dunglison. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Isatin + -gen. ] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous radical, C8H4NO2, regarded as the essential residue of a series of compounds, related to isatin, which easily pass by reduction to indigo blue. -- I*sat`o*gen"ic a. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn + -genous. ] Producing horn; as, the keratogenous membrane within the horny hoof of the horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kinhto`s movable + E. genesis. ] (Biol.) The doctrine or hypothesis that animal structures have been produced, directly or indirectly, by animal movements. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Leucocyte + genesis. ] (Physiol.) The formation of leucocytes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To combine (various items) and treat them as a unit. See lump, v. i. [ PJC ]

n. [ Nemato- + root of Gr. &unr_; to be born. ] (Zool.) One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyemata, which produced vermiform embryos; -- opposed to rhombogene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person eighty years, or more, of age. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. octogenarius, from octogeni eighty each, octoginta eighty, fr. octo eight. See Eight, Eighty. ] Of eighty years of age. “Being then octogenary.” Aubrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Odonto- + root of Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born: cf: F. odontogénie. ] (Physiol.) Generation, or mode of development, of the teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to ontogenesis; as, ontogenetic phenomena. -- On`to*ge*net"ic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

a. (Biol.) Ontogenetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Ontology, and Genesis. ] (Biol.) The history of the individual development of an organism; the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.
Syn. -- growth, growing, maturation, development. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Peptone + -gen. ] (Physiol.) A substance convertible into peptone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Peptogenous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol. Chem.) Capable of yielding, or being converted into, peptone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Photo- + -gen. ] (Chem.) A light hydrocarbon oil resembling kerosene. It is obtained by distilling coal, paraffin, etc., and is used as a lubricant, illuminant, etc. [ Written also photogene. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Photogen. ] 1. A photograph. [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A more or less continued impression or image on the retina. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to photogeny; producing or generating light. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Appearing attractive in a photograph; having features that appear attractive in a photograph. [ PJC ]

3. (Med.) Caused by light, as for example a skin abnormality. [ PJC ]

n. [ See Photogen. ] See Photography. [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]