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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Engender  \En*gen"der\,  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.] 
 
  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.  --Southey. 
 
  Syn:  To  breed;  generate;  procreate;  propagate;  occasion;  call 
  forth;  cause  excite;  develop. 




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