1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hypogene \Hyp"o*gene\, a. [Pref. hypo- + the root of Gr. ? to be born: cf. F. hypog[`e]ne.] (Geol.) Formed or crystallized at depths beneath the earth's surface; -- said of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is believed of have taken place beneath a great thickness of overlying rocks. Opposed to {epigene}. [1913 Webster]
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