engender

Definition of Engender in English :

1. breed, engender, spawn

call forth

make children

Example Sentences:
'Abraham begot Isaac'
'Men often father children but don't recognize them'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Engender

verb

1. (transitive)

to bring about or give rise to; produce or cause

2.

to be born or cause to be born; bring or come into being

verb intransitive

3. Obsolete

to be produced; originate

verb transitive

1. Archaic

to beget

2.

to bring into being; bring about; cause; produce

pity engendered love

v. en·gen·dered, en·gen·der·ing, en·gen·ders

v.tr.

1. To bring into existence; give rise to: "Every cloud engenders not a storm" (Shakespeare).

2. To procreate; propagate.

v.intr.

To come into existence; originate.