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1. (v.t.) engender
to produce, cause, or give rise to:
Hatred engendered violence.
2. engender
to beget; procreate.
3. (v.i.) engender
to be produced or caused; come into existence.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < OF engendrer < L ingenerāre=in-en -1+generāre to beget)
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1. (verb) engender, breed, spawn
call forth
2. (verb) beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
make children
"Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
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1. (noun) engender
one who, or that which, engenders
2. (verb) engender
to produce by the union of the sexes; to beget
3. (verb) engender
to cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife
4. (verb) engender
to assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced
5. (verb) engender
to come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace
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