engender
IPA: ɛndʒˈɛndɝ
verb
- (obsolete, transitive) To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
- (transitive) To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
- (transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
- (intransitive) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To copulate, to have sex.
- (critical theory) To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.
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Examples of "engender" in Sentences
- The problems engendered another problem.
- The talk engendered another issue along.
- They engendered special feelings for themselves.
- Its theme is the emotions that the car engenders.
- Because they engender disgust and revulsion in me.
- The movie inspires to engender this kind of dialogue.
- Both the post and the note engendered a reversion of the war.
- That argument engenders strife and erodes at the sense of community.
- These concerns did not engender support in the government of Russia.
- The purpose of the practice is to engender a sense of victory and fearlessness.
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