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Ingener, v. Also: ingenir, -yr, ingenner. P.p. also ingenrit. [Var. of engener, Engender v., with in- after L. ingenerāre, as in e.m.E. ingenner (1607).]

1. tr. To engender, beget. 1492 Myll Spectakle of Luf 293/8.
The Ante cryst salbe ingenerit on a nvn 1513 Doug. i. i. 48 (Sm.).
Jupiter ingenerit Dardanus 1531 Bell. Boece I. 71.
This regioun, throw the cauld humouris thairof, ingeneris wolffis a1601 Boyd Sonet.
A wyf ingenrit of the se

2. fig. To originate, produce, give rise to.(a) 1433 Swintons App. xxxiii.
Ingenyr; 1451 11th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. vi. 25.
Quhar in the consellyn of schutfastnes [sic] may … ingenir prejatys till innocentis 1533 Bell. Livy I. 206/27.
Thai belevit thare awne army … suld softe thare haterent and ingener sum hele in thare myndis 1562 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 343.
To raise tumult and ingener discord betuix the craftismen and … burgessis of gild 1564 Dundee Chart. 40.
Throw occasioun of the said buriall … contagius seiknesis ingenerit 1578 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs I. 59.
The ewill air within the iill, ingenerit to the deid and loist of mony of oure natioun 1581 Burne Cath. Tr. 123/21.
This that for the offence of God ye haue bene sorifull, hou gret cairfulnes hes it ingenerit in you?(b) 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 2213.
Cvrage prouokis hardynes, Quhilk two ingenneris strang manheid 1596 Reg. Privy C. V. 340.
Our grite withgait … micht ingenner suspitionis

3. intr. To come into being, breed, arise, fig. 1576 Misc. Abbotsf. C. 42.
All hurtis [etc.] … that may ingener againis the said lord