n. One who, or that which, engenders. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife. [ 1913 Webster ]

Engendering friendship in all parts of the common wealth. Southey.

Syn. -- To breed; generate; procreate; propagate; occasion; call forth; cause; excite; develop. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace. “I saw their mouths engender.” Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. engendreure. ] The act of generation. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]