Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engender

(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.

present participle of engender

simple past tense and past participle of engender

The act by which something is engendered.

plural of engendering

(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.