ENGENDER

beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth

(verb) make (offspring) by reproduction; “Abraham begot Isaac”; “John fathered four daughters”

engender, breed, spawn

(verb) call forth

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

engender (third-person singular simple present engenders, present participle engendering, simple past and past participle engendered)

(obsolete, transitive) To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman). [14th–19th c.]

(transitive) To give existence to, to produce (living creatures). [from 14th c.]

(transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create. [from 14th c.]

(intransitive) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.

(obsolete, intransitive) To copulate, to have sex. [15th–19th c.]

Synonyms

• (to bring into existence): beget, conjure, create, produce, make, craft, manufacture, invent, assemble, generate

• (to copulate): do it, get it on, have sex; see also copulate

Etymology 2

Verb

engender (third-person singular simple present engenders, present participle engendering, simple past and past participle engendered)

(critical theory) To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender. [from 20th c.]

Anagrams

• engendre, regenned

Source: Wiktionary


En*gen"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engendered; p. pr. & vb. n. Engendering.] Etym: [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.]

2. To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife. Engendering friendship in all parts of the common wealth. Southey.

Syn.

– To breed; generate; procreate; propagate; occasion; call forth; cause; excite; develop.

En*gen"der, v. i.

1. To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced. Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there. Dryden.

2. To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace. "I saw their mouths engender." Massinger.

En*gen"der, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, engenders.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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