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engender
Engender (verb) means (old use) To father a child, or to conceive and carry one.
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1
(old use) To father a child, or to conceive and carry one.
2
To bring a living creature into being.
3
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."
— , New Plays in Manhattan (1928)
"Manufacturing is not simply about brute or emergency economics. It's also about a sense of involvement and achievement engendered by shaping and crafting useful, interesting, well-designed things."
— Jonathan Glancey, The art of industry (2009)
4
To come into being or take shape as a result of something.
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English engendren, from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerāre.
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What is the meaning of engender?
"engender" (verb) means (old use) To father a child, or to conceive and carry one.
What is another word for engender?
Other words for "engender" include father, beget, mother, breed, get, generate.
What is the opposite of engender?
Opposites of "engender" include stifle, extinguish, prevent, destroy.
What are the different meanings of engender?
"engender" has 3 main meanings: 1. (old use) To father a child, or to conceive and carry one; 2. To bring a living creature into being; 3. To cause a situation, feeling or result to come about.
