[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. ENGENDER, in various senses.
c. 1450. Merlin, v. 81. The recorde of the engenderinge of the childe.
1580. Twyne (title), A shorte and pithie Discourse, concerning the engendering … of all Earthquakes.
1711. Shaftesb., Charac. (1737), III. 412. Not only the mere engendring of the young, but the … methods of providing for them, are all foreknown.
