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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Engender
//ɛnˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ//
Synonyms for "engender" (310 found)
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Closest matches (62)
Strong matches (93)
Verb(65 words)
copulatecouplecrackcraftcreatedancedevelopdick downdip one's pen in someone's inkwelldiscuss ugandado itdo the deeddo the nastydo what one doesdrawdriveeffegg onemergeencourage
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engage in sexevokeevolveexchange fleshexciteexpletive deletedfirefomentforthbringfrackfrakfrickfrigfuckgalvanizegetget busyget downget freakyget itget it onget jiggyget laidget luckyget one's dick wetget one's end awayget one's freak onget one's groove onget one's leg overget one's oatsget physicalget someget the dirty water off one's chestget upgin upgive birthgo all the waygo at itgoadgoosegraft the forked treegreasegrillhaul one's asheshave intimate relations
Related words (155)
Verb(108 words)
have it awayhave it offhave marital relationshave sexhave sexual relationshide the salamihide the sausagehide the wieniehike the appalachian trailhit the sheetshook uphumpigniteimpelincenseinciteinduceinflameinforminnate
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instigateintercourseinventinvokejig-jigkindleknock bootsknowknow someone in the biblical senselashlay pipelay the pipelight a fire undermakemake itmake lovemake outmake the beast with two backsmake whoopeemanufacturematematerializemeddlemingmotivatemotivemovenetflix and chillobligateobligeoriginatepenetratepipepipe downplayplay hide the sausagepop uppoundproducepromotepromptprovokepumppushrailrideriserock and rollrogerroll aroundrootrouserutscrewsee someone's etchingssendset offsexshaboinkshagshare a bedshelveshow someone one's etchingsslap belliessleep togetherspark offspringspring to lifespring upspurspur onstickstimulatestingstirstir upstokestrainsurfacetake formtake shapetempttumbleupspringurgewakewhetwhip up
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45 translations across 21 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- krijoj verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Armenian
3 entries- առաջացնել verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- ծնել verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- հարուցել verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пораждам verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Catalan
1 entries- engendrar verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 引起 verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- 產生 /产生 verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- 造成 verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 引起 verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Dutch
1 entries- voortbrengen verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Finnish
4 entries- aiheuttaa verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- luoda verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- saada aikaan verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- synnyttää verb (to bring into existence, cause)
French
4 entries- concevoir verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- donner le jour à verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- donner naissance à verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- engendrer verb (to bring into existence, cause)
German
3 entries- erzeugen verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- herbeiführen verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- hervorrufen verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Hungarian
2 entries- előidéz verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- okoz verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Ido
1 entries- produktar verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Italian
3 entries- concepire verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- generare verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- originare verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Japanese
2 entries- 引き起こす verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- 発生させる verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Portuguese
1 entries- engendrar verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Quechua
1 entries- churiyay verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Russian
1 entries- порожда́ть verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Slovak
4 entries- plodiť verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- splodiť verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- vyvolať verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- vyvolávať verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Spanish
3 entries- concebir verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- dar a luz verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- engendrar verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Swedish
3 entries- alstra verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- framkalla verb (to bring into existence, cause)
- skapa verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Tocharian B
1 entries- täm verb (to bring into existence, cause)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
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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