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.
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.
ENGENDER
En*gen"der, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, engenders.
ENGENDRURE
En`gen*drure", n. Etym: [OF. engendreure.]
Defn: The act of generation. [Obs.] Chaucer.