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voortbrengen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beget verb To father a child, or more broadly, to be the cause or origin of something.
  • engender verb To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
  • utter adjective Complete and total; absolute.
  • yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.

Senses

voortbrengen is used for these senses in English:

  • beget To cause; to produce; to bring forth.
  • bring forth To produce, bear as fruit.
  • bring forth To create, generate, bring into existence.
  • utter Sometimes preceded by forth, out, etc.: to produce (a cry, speech, or other sounds) with the voice.

engender — full definition

  1. verb To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
  2. verb To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
  3. verb To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
  4. verb To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.

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