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.
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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.
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En*gen"der (?), n.
One who, or that which, engenders.
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