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engendrer (s.xii1/4)
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engendrer (s.xii1/4)

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angendrer  (agendrer,  engendrerz  Rot Parl1 iv 441,  engendereres  Rot Parl1 iii 352 ),
(pret.3 enchandrat  S Marg Camb 235 ),
(p.p.f. engendrede  Oxf Ps ANTS 125.134.8)  
  FEW:  ingenerare 4,684b Gdf:  engendré 3,166c / engendree 3,166c GdfC:  engendrer 9,465c TL: engendrer 3,379 DEAF:  engendrer  DMF:  engendrer  TLF:  engendrer  OED:  engender v.  MED:  engendren v.  DMLBS:  ingenerare 1367b

v.trans.

to engender, beget, give birth to: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Ja nul enfant n’engendr[er]a Qui ceste pere portera  Lapid 252.1515
( MS: 1120-40 )  par le divine volentet, il, desirrable, icel sul filz angendrat  S Alexis1 prol.
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Cele est ma mere, ist m’engendra  Dial Greg SATF 14466
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  le pier qe les engendre et la miere qe les conceust  Sz Med1 88
( 1399 )  les heirs males de lour corps agendrez  Rot Parl1 iii 435
♦fig.to create, produce: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiv1 )  Unium ad colurs toutis maniers E engendré de la rosee del ciel  Lapid 275.289
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  (the tree) Dedenz l’iver ad engendré Le fruit ke demostre en l’esté  Salemon 7099
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  ke les terres ne seient effetes ke engendrerent les Romains  vegetius2 31.17
♦to cause, bring about: 
( s.xii1/4; MS: c.1120 ) que tu n'angendrasses scandale de crueles curages  S Greg Lett 299
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  le manger od vin beu fievres engendre  Secr abernun 2237
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  error de deus ou de treis (=experts) engendre grant descord  vegetius2 76.14
♦to bring: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  e le remenant ke entrun [sic] en gerner sanz taille ou numbre agendrunt al seignur poy de pru  HENLEY2 276.c39
engendrer sur
to beget from: 
( c.1325; MS: c.1325 ) le aungel ly out dyt ke yl engendroyt un enfaunt sure Elyzabez  Bible Holkham 30.32.5
pussance d'engendrer
pussance

v.intrans.

to give birth: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  eole n’ad poynt de efficace d’engendrer  Secr abernun 96
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Si femme veut engendrer [...] De coillons de ver face poudre  Medica 23rb
( MS: s.xiv1/4 )  (In spring) terres sunt aurnés des fruz, bestes engendrent, pastures surdent  Med Trans 352

v.absol.

to produce offspring: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  pren femme pur engendrer  CATO ANON ANTS 960

p.p. as a.

primer engendré
primer1
primerein engendré
primerein
primes engendré
primes1

p.p. as s.

progeny, offspring: 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Vostre est la terre, si la defendez! A tort vus guerreie li vostre engendrez  FANT OUP 152

sbst. inf.

(act of) conception: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  ele (=B.V.M.) ert virgine al engendrer E al nestre e al porter  Mirur2 2682

See also:

gendrer 
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