- (v.t.) To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.
- (n.) One who or that which, engenders.
- (v.t.) To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife.
- (v.i.) To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace.
- (v.i.) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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