engenderverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈdʒen.dər/us/ɪnˈdʒen.dɚ/formalto make people have a particular feeling or make a situation start to exist:
Her latest book has engendered a lot of controversy.
The vice-president's speech did not engender confidence in his judgment.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuate
- actuation
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- draw
- fuel
- instigator
- introduce
- jumping-off point
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
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