Definition of Engender

1. Verb. Call forth.

Exact synonyms: Breed, Spawn
Generic synonyms: Cause, Do, Make

2. Verb. Make children. "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
Exact synonyms: Beget, Bring Forth, Father, Generate, Get, Mother, Sire
Generic synonyms: Create, Make
Derivative terms: Begetter, Father, Generation, Generation, Generation, Generative, Mother, Sire, Sire

Definition of Engender

1. v. t. To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.

2. v. i. To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.

3. n. One who, or that which, engenders.

Definition of Engender

1. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman). (defdate 14th-19th c.) ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To give existence to, to produce (living creatures). (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

4. Verb. (obsolete intransitive) To copulate, to have sex. (defdate 15th-19th c.) ¹

5. Verb. (context: critical theory) To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender. (defdate from 20th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Engender

1. to bring into existence [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Engender

1. 1. To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget. 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) Synonym: To breed, generate, procreate, propagate, occasion, call forth, cause, excite, develop. Origin: F. Engender, L. Ingenerare; in + generare to beget. See Generate, and cf. Ingenerate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Engender

engaoled
engaoling
engaols
engarland
engarlanded
engarlanding
engarlands
engarrison
engarrisoned
engarrisoning
engarrisons
engastrius
engawa
engawas
engelmannia
engendered
engendered reliance
engenderer
engenderers
engendering
engenders
engendre
engendrure
engendrures
engenious
engild
engilded
engilding
engilds

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