engender

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʒɛn.də/, /ɛnˈdʒɛn.də/ (US) IPA(key): /ɛnˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English engendren, from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerāre. ==== Alternative forms ==== engendre [14th–16th c.], ingender [15th–17th c.] ==== Verb ==== engender (third-person singular simple present engenders, present participle engendering, simple past and past participle engendered) (obsolete, transitive) To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman). [14th–19th c.] Synonyms: father, give birth, mother, sire (transitive) To give existence to, to produce (living creatures). [from 14th c.] Synonyms: birth, spawn (transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create. [from 14th c.] Synonyms: assemble, beget, conjure, craft, create, generate, invent, make, manufacture, produce; see also Thesaurus:create, Thesaurus:incite (intransitive) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced. Synonyms: materialize, take form; see also Thesaurus:come into being (obsolete, intransitive) To copulate, to have sex. [15th–19th c.] Synonyms: do it, get it on, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From en- +‎ gender. ==== Verb ==== engender (third-person singular simple present engenders, present participle engendering, simple past and past participle engendered) (critical theory) To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender. [from 20th c.] === Anagrams === engendre, regenned