engendering

[en-jen-der]

Origin

verb (used with object)

to produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence.

to beget; procreate.

verb (used without object)

to be produced or caused; come into existence: Conditions for a war were engendering in Europe.

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Engendering is always a great word to know.

So is quincunx. Does it mean:

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English < Old French engendrer < Latin ingenerāre, equivalent to in- en-¹ + generāre to beget; see generate

Related forms

en·gen·der·er, noun

en·gen·der·ment, noun

un·en·gen·dered, adjective

Synonyms
1. beget, occasion, excite, stir up. 1, 2. create, generate, breed.

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Word Origin & History

engender

early 14c., from O.Fr. engendrer, from L. ingenerare, from in- "in" + generare "beget, create" (see generation). Related: Engendered; engendering.

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