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产生,引起发生,形成

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

Engender \En*gen"der\, v. i.
   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.

Engender \En*gen"der\, n.
   One who, or that which, engenders.

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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

engender
     v 1: call forth [syn: {breed}, {spawn}]
     2: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
        children but don't recognize them" [syn: {beget}, {get}, {father},
         {mother}, {sire}, {generate}, {bring forth}]