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To engender is defined as to cause something to happen or come into being.

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An example of engender is when you make a controversial remark that angers people.

See engender in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Archaic to beget
to bring into being; bring about; cause; produce: pity engendered love

Origin: ME engendren < OFr engendrer < L ingenerare, to beget < in-, in + generare: see generate

intransitive verb

Obsolete to be produced; originate

See engender in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb en·gen·dered, en·gen·der·ing, en·gen·ders

verb, transitive

To bring into existence; give rise to: “Every cloud engenders not a storm” (Shakespeare).
To procreate; propagate.

verb, intransitive

To come into existence; originate.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English engendren

Origin: , from Old French engendrer

Origin: , from Latin ingenerāre

Origin: : in-, in; see en-¹

Origin: + generāre, to produce; see generate

Related Forms:

en·genˈder·er noun

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