What does "engender" mean?
Engender: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced. Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there. Dryden.
- 3.To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace. "I saw their mouths engender." Massinger.
- 4.One who, or that which, engenders.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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