engender
to produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence.
to beget; procreate.
to be produced or caused; come into existence: Conditions for a war were engendering in Europe.
Origin of engender
1Other words for engender
Other words from engender
- en·gen·der·er, noun
- en·gen·der·ment, noun
- un·en·gen·dered, adjective
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How to use engender in a sentence
At the same time, dreaming creates narratives that unfold in our minds across time and allows us to experience the thoughts, sensations, and emotions engendered by those narratives.
Dreaming Is Like Taking LSD - Issue 95: Escape | Antonio Zadra & Robert Stickgold | January 14, 2021 | NautilusMany of our dreams may feel strange and meaningless, but a surprising number of them seem to engender in us a strong sense of their importance.
Dreaming Is Like Taking LSD - Issue 95: Escape | Antonio Zadra & Robert Stickgold | January 14, 2021 | NautilusThe first hurdle is engendering confidence in the vaccine development process.
How to Build Trust in Covid-19 Vaccines - Issue 93: Forerunners | Ramanan Laxminarayan, Susan Fitzpatrick, & Simon Levin | December 9, 2020 | NautilusThat is what it is about, engendering compromise and moderation.
The initial response by many on Twitter to Facebook’s announcements was decidedly skeptical, reflecting the deep levels of mistrust the company has engendered after years of privacy scandals and a reluctance to police its platforms.
Will Facebook’s QAnon crackdown succeed? What people are saying so far | Jeff | August 20, 2020 | Fortune
His policies helped engender the rise of an intolerant and severe nationalism that conflates piety with patriotism.
Why So Many Pakistanis Hate Their Nobel Peace Prize Winner | Chris Allbritton | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMany of the corporations affected by counterfeiting engender a widespread lack of sympathy and trust in the general public.
King: We must expunge from our society the myths and half-truths that engender such groundless fears as these.
Alex Haley’s 1965 Playboy Interview with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. | Alex Haley | January 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut their point is to show how strong Putin is rather than engender competition.
Moreover, it will engender even greater dissatisfaction among the population.
The air grows heavy and seems to engender invisible beings, who have life and whose presence can be felt.
The Road to Damascus | August StrindbergThere are, however, two motives which engender this belief and give form and colour to the ideas and emotions springing from them.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtAlso, whether the Monsters are endowed with reasonable Souls; and whether the Devils can engender; is here briefly discussed.
The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher | AnonymousHe was utterly without that didactic pedantry which yachting has a fatal tendency to engender in men who profess it.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine ChildersIt is the effect of marriage to engender in several directions some of the reserve it annihilates in one.
Return of the Native | Thomas Hardy
British Dictionary definitions for engender
/ (ɪnˈdʒɛndə) /
(tr) to bring about or give rise to; produce or cause
to be born or cause to be born; bring or come into being
Origin of engender
1Derived forms of engender
- engenderer, noun
- engenderment, noun
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