English-Thai Dictionary
engender
VI บังเกิด เกิดขึ้น cause create generate bang-koed
engender
VT ก่อให้เกิด ทำให้ มี ขึ้น create generate kor-hai-koed
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ENGENDER
v.t.[L. gener, genero, geno, gigno. See Generate. ] 1. To beget between the different sexes; to form in embryo.
2. To produce; to cause to exist; to cause to bring forth. Meteors are engendered in the atmosphere; worms are sometimes engendered in the stomach; intemperance engenders fatal maladies; angry words engender strife.
ENGENDER
v.i.To be caused or produced. Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there.
ENGENDERED
pp. Begotten; caused; produced.
ENGENDERER
n.He or that which engenders.
ENGENDERING
ppr. Begetting; causing to be; producing.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ENGENDER
En *gen "der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engendered; p. pr. & vb. n.Engendering. ] Etym: [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.
ENGENDER
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
ENGENDER En *gen "der, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, engenders.
New American Oxford Dictionary
engender
en gen der |enˈjendər ənˈʤɛndər | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition ): the issue engendered continuing controversy. • archaic (of a father ) beget (offspring ). ORIGIN Middle English (formerly also as ingender ): from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerare, from in- ‘in ’ + generare ‘beget ’ (see generate ).
Oxford Dictionary
engender
engender |ɪnˈdʒɛndə, ɛn- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition ): the issue engendered continuing controversy. • archaic (of a father ) beget (offspring ). ORIGIN Middle English (formerly also as ingender ): from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerare, from in- ‘in ’ + generare ‘beget ’ (see generate ).
American Oxford Thesaurus
engender
engender verb 1 his works engendered considerable controversy: cause, be the cause of, give rise to, bring about, occasion, lead to, result in, produce, create, generate, arouse, rouse, inspire, provoke, prompt, kindle, trigger, spark, stir up, whip up, induce, incite, instigate, foment; literary beget, enkindle. 2 archaic he engendered six children: father, sire, bring into the world, spawn, breed; literary beget.
Oxford Thesaurus
engender
engender verb his works engendered considerable controversy: cause, be the cause of, give rise to, bring about, lead to, result in, produce, create, generate, arouse, rouse, provoke, incite, kindle, trigger, spark off, touch off, stir up, whip up, induce, inspire, instigate, foment, effect, occasion, promote, foster; literary beget, enkindle; rare effectuate.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
engender
en gen der /ɪndʒéndə r /動詞 他動詞 ⦅かたく ⦆〈人 物が 〉 «…に » 〈ある状況 気持ちなど 〉を生じさせる, 引き起こす «in » .