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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

  1. verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  2. verb To keep and mate animals deliberately, aiming to produce specific traits in their offspring.
  3. verb To cause or lead to something, especially something negative, over time.
  4. noun A particular type of animal (or occasionally plant) within a species, produced through selective mating.

conjure — full definition

  1. verb To perform tricks that appear to be magic.
  2. verb To summon something, especially by magic or as if by magic.
  3. verb To bring an image or idea to mind.

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