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Definition of Engenders
1. engender [v] - See also: engender
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engenders
Literary usage of Engenders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1839)
"... and that it has no less empire over civil society than over the Government;
it creates opinions, engenders ‘sentiments, suggests the ordinary practices ..."
2. Lectures on Jurisprudence: Or, the Philosophy of Positive Law by John Austin (1873)
"... (he collection of rights and <lutte« into those arising imne- (1 lately from
the tide which engenders the aggregate, and those arising me- ..."
3. Barbizon Days: Millet, Corot, Rousseau, Barye by Charles Sprague Smith (1902)
"If, in fine, I have thrown upon my canvas the mighty breath of the creation,
which engenders to destroy, I shall have interpreted your thought. ..."
4. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1803)
"Bids strife to cease : but strife engenders strife. Outdo the kind in kindness.
'Tis far better To treat a stranger with immediate welcome, Though frugal, ..."
5. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"... source from whence it came: The very beams will dry those vapours For every
cloud engenders not a storm. do. The queen is valued thirty thousand strong, ..."
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