1. engender - Noun
2. engender - Verb
To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.
To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife.
To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace.
One who, or that which, engenders.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTo lie, of course, is to engender insanity. Anaïs Nin
Being guilty tends to engender feelings of guilt. Craig Ferguson
Aeschylus: It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size. Aristophanes
Bad books engender bad habits, but bad habits engender good books. René Descartes
A poet should leave traces of his passage, not proofs. Traces alone engender dreams. René Char
In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit, a capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship, we are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary. Alan Hirsch