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Definition of Engender
1. Verb. Call forth.
2. Verb. Make children. "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
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)
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