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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENGEN'DER, v.t. [L. gener, genero, geno, gigno. See Generate.]
1. To beget between the different sexes; to form in embryo.
2. To produce; to cause to exist; to cause to bring forth. Meteors are engendered in the atmosphere; worms are sometimes engendered in the stomach; intemperance engenders fatal maladies; angry words engender strife.
ENGEN'DER, v.i. To be caused or produced.
Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn]
2: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth]

Merriam Webster's

verb (engendered; engendering) Etymology: Middle English engendren, from Anglo-French engendrer, from Latin ingenerare, from in- + generare to generate Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. beget, procreate 2. to cause to exist or to develop ; produce <policies that have engendered controversy> intransitive verb to assume form ; originate

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 give rise to; bring about (a feeling etc.). 2 archaic beget. Etymology: ME f. OF engendrer f. L ingenerare (as IN-(2), generare GENERATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Engender 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Engender En*gen"der, n. One who, or that which, engenders.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(engenders, engendering, engendered) If someone or something engenders a particular feeling, atmosphere, or situation, they cause it to occur. (FORMAL) It helps engender a sense of common humanity... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Generate, beget, procreate, breed. 2. Produce, cause, occasion, beget, generate, breed, give rise to, call forth.

Moby Thesaurus

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