Hypertext Webster Gateway: "engendered"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.


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