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▪ I. enˈgendering, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. engender, in various senses.
c1450Merlin v. 81 The recorde of the engenderinge of the childe. 1580Twyne (title) Shorte and pithie Discourse concerning the engendering..of all Earthquakes. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. 412 Not only the mere engendring of the young, but the..methods of providing for them, are all foreknown.
▪ II. engendering, ppl. a.|ɛnˈdʒɛndərɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That engenders.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1673) 267 The excesse, or lack of engendring seed. a1631Donne Poems (1650) 175 Though ingendring force from whence they came Be strong enough. 1646J. Benbrigge Vsura Acc. Introd. 3 Anatomizing the engendring wombe of his sinfulnesse against God. 1826Scott Woodst. ii, A bunch of engendering adders. |