engender
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Verb
engenders, 3rd person singular present; engendered, past participle; engendering, present participle; engendered, past tense;
/enˈjendər/,
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engenders, 3rd person singular present; engendered, past participle; engendering, present participle; engendered, past tense;
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Cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition)
- - the issue engendered continuing controversy
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(of a father) Beget (offspring)
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Come into being; arise
Web Definitions:
- call forth
- beget: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
- To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman). [14th-19th c.]; To give existence to, to produce (living creatures). [from 14th c.]; To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create. [from 14th c.]; To copulate, to have sex. [15th-19th c.]
- (v) - to create, to produce, to cause
- to cause to exist, develop, procreate, beget (also a good word to use)
- To bring into existence.