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en⋅gen⋅der

  [en-jen-der]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence.
2. to beget; procreate.
–verb (used without object)
3. to be produced or caused; come into existence: Conditions for a war were engendering in Europe.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < OF engendrer < L ingenerāre, equiv. to in- en- 1 + generāre to beget; see generate

Related forms:
en⋅gen⋅der⋅er, noun
en⋅gen⋅der⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
1. beget, occasion, excite, stir up. 1, 2. create, generate, breed.
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en·gen·der   (ěn-jěn'dər)   
v.   en·gen·dered, en·gen·der·ing, en·gen·ders

v.   tr.
  1. To bring into existence; give rise to: "Every cloud engenders not a storm" (Shakespeare).
  2. 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.
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Engender

En*gen"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engendered; p. pr. & vb. n. Engendering.] [F. engender, L. ingenerare; in + generare to beget. See Generate, and cf. Ingenerate.]

1. To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget. [R.]

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.

Syn: To breed; generate; procreate; propagate; occasion; call forth; cause; excite; develop.

Engender

En*gen"der\, v. i. 1. To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.

Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there. --Dryden.

2. To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace. "I saw their mouths engender." --Massinger.

Engender

En*gen"der\, n. One who, or that which, engenders.
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engender 
c.1325, from O.Fr. engendrer, from L. ingenerare, from in- "in" + generare "beget, create."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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