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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
engender /ɪnˈdʒɛndə, ɛn-/

▶verb

1 give rise to.

2 archaic beget (offspring).

– origin ME: from OFr. engendrer, from L. ingenerare, from in- ‘in’ + generare ‘beget’.

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