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Webster 1913 Edition
Engender
En-gen′der
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Engendered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Engendering
.] 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
Syn. – To breed; generate; procreate; propagate; occasion; call forth; cause; excite; develop.
En-gen′der
,Verb.
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
,Noun.
One who, or that which, engenders.
Webster 1828 Edition
Engender
ENGEN'DER
,Verb.
T.
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
,Verb.
I.
Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there.