engender

Speech parts

1. engender - Noun

2. engender - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

generate beget make father produce cause create mother spawn procreate develop occasion breed propagate excite
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Antonyms

end close cow daunt damage stop
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Hypernyms

make cause create do

Phrases with the word

to engender

Derivatives

engendered engendering

Anagrams

engendre

Examples

To 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

Close letter words and terms

Engelsist Engelstad Engen engenderable engendered reliance engenderer