Engender /(?)/

En·gen·der

Engender

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Engendered; p. pr. & vb. n. Engendering

  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.

Engender

v. i.
  1. To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
    Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there.
  2. To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace.

Engender

n.
  1. One who, or that which, engenders.