Verb (used without object) : Conditions for a war were engendering in Europe. From Dictionary.com.
I hasten to arrive at a second trinity: “the being engendered, the being who engenders, and the being which resembles the engendered and the engenderer.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
The truth is that Boz, the engenderer of these facetiae, apart from his literary gift, was one of the most brilliant, capable young fellows of his generation. From Wordnik.com. [Bardell v. Pickwick] Reference
Take this and compare it with the modern tendency: for that modern tendency is to argue that a melody might go on indefinitely almost; there is no reason why it should come to a full stop, for it is not a sentence, but more a line, which, like the rambling incurvations of a frieze, requires no rule to stop it, but alone the will and taste of its engenderer. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Merry-Go-Round] Reference
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