Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to engender
Participle: engendered
Gerund: engendering
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | engender |
| you | engender |
| he;she;it | engenders |
| we | engender |
| you | engender |
| they | engender |
Perfect
| I | have engendered |
| you | have engendered |
| he;she;it | has engendered |
| we | have engendered |
| you | have engendered |
| they | have engendered |
Past
| I | engendered |
| you | engendered |
| he;she;it | engendered |
| we | engendered |
| you | engendered |
| they | engendered |
Pluperfect
| I | had engendered |
| you | had engendered |
| he;she;it | had engendered |
| we | had engendered |
| you | had engendered |
| they | had engendered |
Future
| I | will engender |
| you | will engender |
| he;she;it | will engender |
| we | will engender |
| you | will engender |
| they | will engender |
Future Perfect
| I | will have engendered |
| you | will have engendered |
| he;she;it | will have engendered |
| we | will have engendered |
| you | will have engendered |
| they | will have engendered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | engender |
| you | engender |
| he;she;it | engender |
| we | engender |
| you | engender |
| they | engender |
Perfect
| I | have engendered |
| you | have engendered |
| he;she;it | have engendered |
| we | have engendered |
| you | have engendered |
| they | have engendered |
Imperfect
| I | engendered |
| you | engendered |
| he;she;it | engendered |
| we | engendered |
| you | engendered |
| they | engendered |
Pluperfect
| I | had engendered |
| you | had engendered |
| he;she;it | had engendered |
| we | had engendered |
| you | had engendered |
| they | had engendered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would engender |
| you | would engender |
| he;she;it | would engender |
| we | would engender |
| you | would engender |
| they | would engender |
Perfect
| I | would have engendered |
| you | would have engendered |
| he;she;it | would have engendered |
| we | would have engendered |
| you | would have engendered |
| they | would have engendered |
Imperative
| you | engender |
| we | Let's engender |
| you | engender |
Verbs conjugated like 'engender'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'engender'
entender,
ingender,
ungender,
degender,
engendre,
engineer,
gender,
intender,
regender,
calender,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to copulate
- copulate
- to engage in sexual intercourse
- bang, bauf, beat, boff, boink, bone, bonk, bop, bounce, breed, bump nasties, bump uglies, catch a dick, cohabit, company, copulate, couple, dance, discuss Uganda, do it, do the deed, do the nasty, eff, exchange flesh, expletive deleted, feck, frack, frak, frig, fuck, get busy, get freaky, get it, get it on, get jiggy, get laid, get one's end away, get one's freak on, get one's groove on, get one's leg over, get one's oats, get physical, get some, go all the way, graft the forked tree, haul one's ashes, have it off, have marital relations, have sex, have sexual relations, hump, intercourse, jig-jig, make it, make love, make the beast with two backs, make whoopee, mate, meddle, ming, play, ride, rock and roll, roger, roll around, root, see someone's etchings, sex, shag, share a bed, shelve, show someone one's etchings, slap bellies, sleep together, stick, tumble, wango tango
- to encourage or persuade into action; to bring about a reaction
- abet, actuate, bring about, encourage, evoke, excite, foment, goad, grill, impel, incite, induce, instigate, invoke, motivate, move, prompt, provoke, rouse, set off, spur, stir, stir up, urge, whip up
- cause
- get, produce, create, raise, excite, incite
- procreate
- raise, beget, breed, create, generate
Antonyms
- cause
- effect, result, outcome, end
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English engendren, from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerāre. See: Old French '
engendrer', Latin '
ingenero'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] to observe the almost imperceptible, but not less certain effect, wrought by this institution among the small community of Boston; and to note at every turn the humanising tastes and desires it has engendered; the affectionate friendships to which it has given rise; the amount of vanity and prejudice it has dispelled. The golden calf they worship at Boston is a pigmy compared with the giant effigies set [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] many enlightened and Christian people who did no such thing; and I confess that the apathy of religious people on this subject, their want of perception of wrongs that filled me with horror, have engendered in me more scepticism than any other thing. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)