engender
engender is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is 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 called?
- What is to assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced. Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there. Dryden called?
- What is to come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace. "I saw their mouths engender." Massinger called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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