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Added 9 October 2026

engender

/ɪnˈdʒɛn.də/ verb

Latin root: ingenerāre Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about engender at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.

verb

To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.

Origin

From Middle English engendren, from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerāre.

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