engender

/ɛnˈdʒɛn.də//ɛnˈdʒɛn.dɚ/

verb

  1. 1

    To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).

  2. 2

    To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).

  3. 3

    To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.

  4. 4

    To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.

  5. 5

    To copulate, to have sex.

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    (critical theory) To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.

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