engender

engender is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.
2. transitive verb. To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife.
3. intransitive verb. To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
4. intransitive verb. To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace.
5. noun. One who, or that which, engenders.
6. verb. make children

   "Abraham begot Isaac"

   "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

   Synonyms: beget, father, generate, get, mother, sire

7. verb. call forth

   Synonyms: breed, spawn

Synonyms

beget, father, generate, get, mother, sire, breed, spawn

Common word forms

engenders, engendered, engenderer, engendering, engenderment

Words from these letters

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