Engender

/ɛnˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ/

Synonyms for "engender" (130 found)

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Verb(8 words)

beget father generate sire bear begat breedbring forth

arouse authorbe fruitfulbe productivebear beget birth breedbreed truebringbring aboutbring forthbring into beingbring to birthbring to effectbring to pass

Noun(2 words)

begetting breeds

Strong matches (39)

call into beingcause coin conceive concoct contrivecook upcopulate create crossbreed design develop devise discover dodream upeffect effectuate establish evolve

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excite fabricate father found frame fructify further generate gestate get

Verb(6 words)

cause create cultivate fostergenerate interestgenerated

Noun(3 words)

causes evoking generating

Related words (65)

Verb(8 words)

get incite induce invited mother procreate produce spawn

give being togive birth togive occasion togive origin togive rise tohatch improvise inaugurate inbreed induce institute invent lead makemake domake do withmake lovemake upmature mint

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mother multiplymuster upoccasion originate outbreed plan procreate produce proliferate propagate provoke pullulate quicken raise realize reproducereproduce in kindrise rouseset afloatset on footset upsire spawn stimulate stirstrike outteemthink outthink upworkwork up

Noun(4 words)

occasioning occasions siring spawning

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5 relation types

More general

6 entries

cause create do influence make reproduce

More specific

8 entries

bear offspringbeget controversy interest procreatesire offspringspawn trust

Collocations

6 entries

engender changeengender controversyengender debateengender interestengender resentmentengender trust

Inflections

3 entries

engendered engendering engenders

Derivations

2 entries

engenderer engenderment

Sample sentences

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O Error ſoone conceyu’d, Thou neuer com’ſt vnto a happy byrth, But kil’ſt the Mother that engendred thee.

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Like all interesting literary figures, he is full of tacit as well as of uttered reference to the conditions that engendered him[…].

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ME thinkes vertue is another manner of thing, and much more noble than the inclinations vnto goodneſſe, which in vs are ingendered.

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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.

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