Past tense of engender
regular verb
The past tense of engender is engendered. The past participle is also engendered.
Forms of engender
| Base form (V1) | engender /ɪnˈdʒɛn.də/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | engendered |
| Past participle (V3) | engendered |
| Present participle | engendering |
| Third person singular | engenders |
Engendered in a sentence
- It's also about a sense of involvement and achievement engendered by shaping and crafting useful, interesting, well-designed things.2009 December 21, Jonathan Glancey, “The art of industry”, in The Guardian
- As such they are an important way of understanding both how texts are engendered (how they articulate particular sex or gender role) and how they engender their consumers.1992, Anne Cranny-Francis, Engendered Fictions, page 2
- The term 'ataraxia' is used in Epicurean philosophy to refer to a type of katastematic pleasure that is engendered by a complete freedom from mental disturbances and worries.From the entry katastematic
- This improvisatory element engendered a vibrant, appealingly unstagey quality of performance.2009 March 31, The New York Times, “Dance in Review”, in New York Times. From the entry unstagey
- These two specific guys don't deserve the rage a lifeful of such remarks, “ignored,” have engendered.1989, Jane Masbridge, “Toward the Next Millennium: No More Than a Matter of Simple Equal Rights”, in The Utne Reader, numbers 34-36, page 48. From the entry lifeful
Meaning of engender
- verb To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
- verb To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
- verb To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
Questions about the past tense of engender
- What is the past tense of engender?
- The past tense of engender is engendered.
- What is the past participle of engender?
- The past participle of engender is engendered.
- Is engender a regular or irregular verb?
- Engender is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
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