engendered

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In a 1992 opinion written by Justice Scalia, the court denied standing to citizens bringing a lawsuit based on the Engendered Species Act.

From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2015

Engendered in this kind of kiss is a practical respect for the queen’s artistry—you don’t want to muss up the makeup.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2013

False To say ’tis pity for his fall—respect, Engendered by a hollow world’s disdain, Which hoots whom fickle fortune cheers no more!

From The Hunchback by Morley, Henry

I formed the whole to nature true, In skin of gray and hideous hue; Part dragon it appeared, part snake, Engendered in the poisonous lake.

From The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Schiller, Friedrich

How many diff’rent specieses Of maggots breed in rotten cheese; And which are next of kin to those Engendered in a chandler’s nose; Or those not seen, but understood, That live in vinegar and wood.’

From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)