Definition/Meaning of engender

• English - 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). 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard,…
• English - Alternative forms: engendre [14th–16th c .] , ingender [15th–17th c .]
• English - Anagrams: regenned
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English engendren , from Old French engendrer , from Latin ingenerāre . Etymology 2. From en- + gender .
• English - Pronunciation: (UK) IPA: /ɪnˈdʒɛn.də/ , /ɛnˈdʒɛn.də/ (US) IPA: /ɛnˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ/ , /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)