Tuesday word: Engender

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Engender (verb)
en·gen·der [en-jen-der]

verb (used with object)
1. to produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence.
2. to beget; procreate.

verb (used without object)
3. to be produced or caused; come into existence: Conditions for a war were engendering in Europe.

OTHER WORDS FROM ENGENDER
en·gen·der·er, noun
en·gen·der·ment, noun
un·en·gen·dered, adjective

WORDS RELATED TO ENGENDER
spawn, instigate, beget, incite, breed, induce, stimulate, arouse, precipitate, provoke, stir, generate, foment, develop, muster, make, excite, procreate, produce, propagate

Synonyms
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1. beget, occasion, excite, stir up.
1, 2. create, generate, breed.

Origin: 1275–1325; Middle English < Old French engendrer < Latin ingenerare, equivalent to in- en-1 + generare to beget; see generate

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