Engender

Part of speech: noun (n.)

One who, or that which, engenders.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Synonyms: breed; generate; procreate; propagate; occasion; call forth; cause; excite; develop.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced. Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there. Dryden.

2. To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace. "I saw their mouths engender." Massinger.