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    engender
    /ɪnˈdʒɛndə/

    verb

    • 1. cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition): "the issue engendered continuing controversy"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishENGENDER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    ENGENDER definition: 1. to make people have a particular feeling or make a situation start to exist: 2. to make people…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › engenderEngender Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : beget, procreate. 2. : to cause to exist or to develop : produce. policies that have engendered controversy. intransitive verb. : to assume form : originate. Did you know? A good paragraph about engender will engender understanding in the reader.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishENGENDER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    engender. (ɪndʒendəʳ ) Word forms: engenders , engendering , engendered. verb. If someone or something engenders a particular feeling, atmosphere, or situation, they cause it to occur. [formal] It helps engender a sense of common humanity. [VERB noun] Mr Bowles could engender delight in students and musicians alike.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › engenderEngender - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Engender is a fancy way of saying "to make happen," like when you engender the spirit of teamwork and cooperation by encouraging others and doing your share of the group's work. The verb engender has nothing to do with being male or female, though originally, it did mean "beget, procreate."

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryENGENDER | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    ENGENDER meaning: 1. to make people have a particular feeling or make a situation start to exist: 2. to make people…. Learn more.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishengender verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of engender verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › engenderEngender - definition of engender by The Free Dictionary

    1. to produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engendered violence. 2. to beget; procreate. v.i. 3. to be produced or caused; come into existence. [1275–1325; Middle English < Old French engendrer < Latin ingenerāre = in- en - 1 + generāre to beget]

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of engender – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

    ENGENDER definition: to make people have a particular feeling or make a situation start to exist: . Learn more.

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › engenderEngender Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

    To be produced; originate. 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II. I fled, but he pursu'd (though more, it seems, / Inflam'd with lust then rage) and swifter far, / Me overtook his mother all dismaid, / And in embraces forcible and foule / Ingendring with me, of that rape begot / These yelling Monsters [...].

  11. www.oed.com › dictionary › engender_vengender, v. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    To bring (a child) into existence by the process of reproduction; to produce (offspring), to have (children). Formerly often in passive with between, betwixt, of: to be the child or offspring of; to be descended from.