to engender
Synonyms
Examples
To lie, of course, is to engender insanity.
Being guilty tends to engender feelings of guilt.
Aeschylus: It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.
Pornography is used in rape - to plan it, to execute it, to choreograph it, to engender the excitement to commit the act.
Farewell, woman! I intend Henceforth every night to sit With my lewd, well-natured friend, Drinking to engender wit.
The worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, and then earns little or no money.