Engender

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  • intransitive verb. To bring into existence; give rise to.
  • intransitive verb. To procreate; propagate.
  • intransitive verb. To come into existence; originate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To breed; beget; generate.
  • Hence To produce; cause to exist; bring forth; cause; excite: as, intemperance engenders disease; angry words engender strife.
  • Synonyms To call forth, create, give rise to, occasion, stir up.
  • To be caused or produced; come into existence.
  • To come together; meet in sexual embrace.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
  • intransitive verb. To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace.
  • transitive verb. To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.
  • transitive verb. To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of.
  • noun. One who, or that which, engenders.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. call forth
  • verb. make children
  • Word Usage
    "All they engender is more ill-will, not faith in the coming technology. codeman38 writes:"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cause  create  do  make  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blender  Fender  Spender  bender  blender  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form