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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.dictionary.com › browse › engenderENGENDER Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Engender definition: to produce, cause, or give rise to. See examples of ENGENDER used in a sentence.

  5. 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.

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

    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.

  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.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.

  9. 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]

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

    To bring into being; bring about; cause; produce. Pity engendered love. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To procreate; propagate. American Heritage. To be produced; originate. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II.

  11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishENGENDER | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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