en·gen·der (ěn-jěn'dər) v.
en·gen·dered, en·gen·der·ing, en·gen·ders
v.
tr.
To bring into existence; give rise to: "Every cloud engenders not a storm"(Shakespeare).
To procreate; propagate.
v.
intr. To come into existence; originate.
[Middle English engendren, from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerāre : in-, in; see en-1 + generāre, to produce; see generate.] en·gen'der·er n.