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[ en-jen -der ] SHOW IPA
/ ɛnˈdʒɛn dər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) to produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence.
to beget; procreate.
verb (used without object) to be produced or caused; come into existence: Conditions for a war were engendering in Europe.
Origin of engender 1275–1325; Middle English <Old French engendrer <Latin ingenerāre, equivalent to in- en-1 + generāre to beget; see generate
SYNONYMS FOR engender 1 beget, occasion, excite, stir up.
1, 2 create, generate, breed.
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OTHER WORDS FROM engender en·gen·der·er, noun en·gen·der·ment, noun un·en·gen·dered, adjective Words nearby engender Engelmann's disease, Engelmann spruce, Engels, Engels, Friedrich, Engel's law, engender , Enghien, d', engild, engin., engine, engine company
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Example sentences from the Web for engender That is what it is about, engender ing compromise and moderation.
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The initial response by many on Twitter to Facebook’s announcements was decidedly skeptical, reflecting the deep levels of mistrust the company has engender ed after years of privacy scandals and a reluctance to police its platforms.
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King: We must expunge from our society the myths and half-truths that engender such groundless fears as these.
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But their point is to show how strong Putin is rather than engender competition.
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Moreover, it will engender even greater dissatisfaction among the population.
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In Europe, the European Central Bank is a much newer institution, but still manages to engender strong feelings.
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Among observers, she does not engender protective feelings so much as awe—and, among detractors, anxiety.
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In Italy, Basil is considered potent to inspire love, and its scent is thought to engender sympathy.
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He eats no lotus, but for-ever quaffs the waters which engender immortal thirst.
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It was impossible that the place should not engender some thought of the kind.
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We should acquaint our patient of its explanation, and so obviate the mental depression which its existence is apt to engender .
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That peculiar obstinacy which slaveholding dominion seems to engender , made them, as with us, bent on having all or nothing.
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British Dictionary definitions for engender verb (tr) to bring about or give rise to; produce or cause
to be born or cause to be born; bring or come into being
Derived forms of engender engenderer , noun engenderment , noun Word Origin for engender C14: from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerāre, from generāre to beget
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