engender

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for engender

engender 🔊 /ɛnʤɛˈndɚ or ɪnʤɛˈndɚ/

engender : උපදවනවා

engender definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.
  2. To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
  2. To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace.

Noun. One who, or that which, engenders.