资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.