1. (v. t.) To bring into existence; as, angry words engender strife\; to beget.

2. (v. t.) To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of.

3. (v. i.) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.

4. (v. i.) To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace.

5. (n.) One who, or that which, engenders.

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