(1):
(n.) One who, or that which, engenders.
(2):
(v. i.) To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace.
(3):
(v. t.) To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.
(4):
(v. t.) To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife.
(5):
(v. i.) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.