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Definition engender

Etymology 1

From Middle French engendrer, from Latin ingener?re, from in- + gener?re (“to generate”).

Verb

engender (third-person singular simple present engenders, present participle engendering, simple past and past participle engendered)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman). [14th–19th c.]
2. (transitive) To give existence to, to produce (living creatures). [from 14th c.]
3. (transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create. [from 14th c.]
4. (intransitive) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
5. (obsolete, intransitive) To copulate, to have sex. [15th–19th c.]

Etymology 2

From en- +‎ gender.

Verb

engender (third-person singular simple present engenders, present participle engendering, simple past and past participle engendered)

1. (critical theory) To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender. [from 20th c.]

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