hervorrufen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- breed verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
- conjure verb To perform tricks that appear to be magic.
- elicit verb To draw out a response, reaction, or piece of information from someone, often through careful questioning.
- engender verb To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
- evoke verb To bring a feeling, memory, or image to someone's mind.
- induce verb To persuade or influence someone to do something.
- provoke verb To deliberately anger or irritate someone.
- stir verb To mix a liquid or substance by moving an object like a spoon through it.
Senses
hervorrufen is used for these senses in English:
- breed (obsolete, intransitive) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated or to grow, like young before birth.
- conjure (transitive, archaic) To make an urgent request to; to appeal to or beseech.
- elicit To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
- evoke (transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
- induce (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
- provoke (transitive) To bring about a reaction.
- stir (transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate.
breed — full definition
- verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
- verb To keep and mate animals deliberately, aiming to produce specific traits in their offspring.
- verb To cause or lead to something, especially something negative, over time.
- noun A particular type of animal (or occasionally plant) within a species, produced through selective mating.
conjure — full definition
- verb To perform tricks that appear to be magic.
- verb To summon something, especially by magic or as if by magic.
- verb To bring an image or idea to mind.