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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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