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   engender

   /ɪnˈdʒɛndə/

   verb

   • 1. cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition): "the issue engendered continuing controversy"
   • ▪ (of a father) beget (offspring).

   Word Origin Middle English (formerly also as ingender): from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerare, from in- ‘in’ + generare ‘beget’ (see generate).

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   What does engender mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of ENGENDER is beget, procreate. How to use engender in a sentence. Did you know?

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   What makes a good paragraph about engender?

   • A good paragraph about engender will engender understanding in the reader. Like its synonym generate, engender comes from the Latin verb generare, meaning “to generate” or “to beget,” and when the word was first used in the 14th century, engender meant “ propagate ” or “ procreate.”

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   Does generare engender?

   • Generare didn’t just engender generate and engender; regenerate, degenerate, and generation have the same Latin root. As you might suspect, the list of engender relatives does not end there. Generare comes from the Latin noun genus, meaning “origin” or “kind.”

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   What does engendrede mean?

   • To produce, generate, or give rise to (an object, substance, etc.) by natural processes. The ferste Periferie of alle Engendreth Myst and overmore The dewes and the Frostes hore. And in þe see of Scicilia is white coral engendrede.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishENGENDER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Engender is a formal verb that means to make people have a particular feeling or make a situation start to exist. Learn how to use it in sentences, how to pronounce it and how to translate it in different languages.

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   Engender means to beget, procreate, or to cause to exist or develop. Learn the word history, synonyms, examples, and usage of engender from the authoritative dictionary source.

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   ENGENDER meaning: 1. to make people have a particular feeling or make a situation start to exist: 2. to make people…. Learn more.

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   Engender is a fancy way of saying "to make happen," like when you engender the spirit of teamwork and cooperation by encouraging others and doing your share of the group's work.

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   To bring (a child) into existence by the process of reproduction; to produce (offspring), to have (children). Formerly often in passive with between, betwixt, of: to be the child or offspring of; to be descended from.

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   Engender means to produce, cause, or give rise to something. It can also mean to be produced or caused. See the origin, usage, and synonyms of engender, and learn how to use it in a sentence.

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    Engender means to cause or produce something, or to be born or cause to be born. Learn the word origin, pronunciation, collocations, and usage of engender with examples from Collins English Dictionary.