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engendrure arch.|ɛnˈdʒɛndr(j)ʊə(r)|
Also 5 engenderure.
[a. OF. engendreure (= Pr. engenradura), f. engendrer: see engender v.]
†1. The action of engendering.
a. Generation, procreation.
b. Copulation. Obs.
c1315Shoreham 139 Folye hyt hys to meche to thynche Of the engendrure..Of Fader and Sone. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋301 Whan he useth his wyf withoute soverayn desir of engendrure. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (1835) 51 Be kyndly engenderure To joyen in the lykenesse of ther nature. 1555Fardle Facions i. ii. 31 Those [beastes]..encreased by mutuall engendrure, the varietie, and nombre.
2. Parentage, descent, origin.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. vii. 219 Go to Genesis þe Ieaunt engendrure [1377 engendroure] of vs alle. c1475Partenay 5750 Off Tristram-is line was hys engendrure. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 380/4 Fortune onely of engendrure and happe doth al. 1884Sala in Illust. Lond. News 16 Feb. 147 It is singular that so many prominent members of the Times staff should have been of West Indian engendrure. |