engender
4 antonyms for engender — opposites grouped by meaning.
Verb — (old use) To father a child, or to conceive and carry one.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. verb
(old use) To father a child, or to conceive and carry one.
2. verb
To cause a situation, feeling or result to come about.
“Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart managed to engender "Better Be Good to Me" and "I Must Love You," but they were neither lyrically nor musically up to standards of their Garrick Gaieties or A Connecticut Yankee.”
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English engendren, from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerāre.
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