'Engender' definitions:

Definition of 'engender'

(from WordNet)
verb
Call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn]
verb
Make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth]

Definition of 'Engender'

From: GCIDE
  • Engender \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 cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife. [1913 Webster]
  • Engendering friendship in all parts of the common wealth. --Southey.
  • Syn: To breed; generate; procreate; propagate; occasion; call forth; cause; excite; develop. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Engender'

From: GCIDE
  • Engender \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 mouths engender." --Massinger. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Engender'

From: GCIDE
  • Engender \En*gen"der\, n. One who, or that which, engenders. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'engender'

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