present participle of engender

The act by which something is engendered.

plural of engendering

(obsolete, transitive) To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman). / (transitive) To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).

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

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engender

simple past tense and past participle of engender

(law) A situation in which an institution has encouraged its customers to become reliant on their services, and is therefore legally obligated to continue to provide those services.