Engender
1Engender — En*gen der, v. i. 1. To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced. [1913 Webster] Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace. I saw their… …
2Engender — En*gen der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engendered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Engendering}.] [F. engender, L. ingenerare; in + generare to beget. See {Generate}, and cf. {Ingenerate}.] 1. To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. To …
3engender — early 14c., beget, procreate, from O.Fr. engendrer (12c.) engender, beget, bear; cause, bring about, from L. ingenerare to implant, engender, produce, from in in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + generare beget, create (see GENERATION (Cf. generation)).… …
4Engender — En*gen der, n. One who, or that which, engenders. [1913 Webster] …
5engender — I verb author, be the cause of, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring into being, bring into existence, call forth, call into being, cause, cause to exist, create, develop, effect, effectuate, excite, execute, furnish, generare,… …
6engender — *generate, breed, beget, get, sire, procreate, propagate, reproduce Analogous words: produce, *bear, yield: *provoke, excite, stimulate, quicken: rouse, arouse (see STIR) …
7engender — [v] cause to happen; cause an action arouse, beget, breed, bring about, bring forth, create, develop, excite, foment, generate, give birth to, give rise to, hatch, incite, induce, instigate, lead to, make, muster, occasion, precipitate, procreate …
8engender — ► VERB ▪ give rise to. ORIGIN Old French engendrer, from Latin generare beget …
9engender — [en jen′dər, injen′dər] vt. [ME engendren < OFr engendrer < L ingenerare, to beget < in , in + generare: see GENERATE] 1. Archaic to beget 2. to bring into being; bring about; cause; produce [pity engendered love] vi. Obs. to be… …
10engender — UK [ɪnˈdʒendə(r)] / US [ɪnˈdʒendər] verb [transitive] Word forms engender : present tense I/you/we/they engender he/she/it engenders present participle engendering past tense engendered past participle engendered formal to cause a feeling or… …
