engendrer — meaning in English

English meaning

• beget verb To father a child, or more broadly, to be the cause or origin of something.
• breed verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
• engender verb To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
• generate verb To produce or create something, especially as an effect or output.
• spawn verb Of fish, frogs, or other aquatic creatures, to lay eggs in water.

Senses

engendrer is used for these senses in English:

• beget To cause; to produce; to bring forth.
• breed To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.

breed — full definition

1. verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
2. verb To keep and mate animals deliberately, aiming to produce specific traits in their offspring.
3. verb To cause or lead to something, especially something negative, over time.
4. noun A particular type of animal (or occasionally plant) within a species, produced through selective mating.

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