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en·gen·der

(ĕn-jĕn′dər)

v. en·gen·dered, en·gen·der·ing, en·gen·ders

v.tr.

1. To bring into existence; give rise to: "Every cloud engenders not a storm" (Shakespeare).

2. To procreate; propagate.

v.intr.

To come into existence; originate.

[Middle English engendren, from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerāre : in-, in; see en-¹ + generāre, to produce; see generate.]

en·gen′der·er n.

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engender

(ɪnˈdʒɛndə)

1. (tr) to bring about or give rise to; produce or cause

2. to be born or cause to be born; bring or come into being

[C14: from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerāre, from generāre to beget]

enˈgenderer n

enˈgenderment n

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en•gen•der

(ɛnˈdʒɛn dər)

v.t.

1. to produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engendered violence.

2. to beget; procreate.

v.i.

3. to be produced or caused; come into existence.

[1275–1325; Middle English < Old French engendrer < Latin ingenerāre=in- en-¹ + generāre to beget]

engender

Past participle: engendered
Gerund: engendering

Imperative
engender
engender

Present
I engender
you engender
he/she/it engenders
we engender
you engender
they engender

Preterite
I engendered
you engendered
he/she/it engendered
we engendered
you engendered
they engendered

Present Continuous
I am engendering
you are engendering
he/she/it is engendering
we are engendering
you are engendering
they are engendering

Present Perfect
I have engendered
you have engendered
he/she/it has engendered
we have engendered
you have engendered
they have engendered

Past Continuous
I was engendering
you were engendering
he/she/it was engendering
we were engendering
you were engendering
they were engendering

Past Perfect
I had engendered
you had engendered
he/she/it had engendered
we had engendered
you had engendered
they had engendered

Future
I will engender
you will engender
he/she/it will engender
we will engender
you will engender
they will engender

Future Perfect
I will have engendered
you will have engendered
he/she/it will have engendered
we will have engendered
you will have engendered
they will have engendered

Future Continuous
I will be engendering
you will be engendering
he/she/it will be engendering
we will be engendering
you will be engendering
they will be engendering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been engendering
you have been engendering
he/she/it has been engendering
we have been engendering
you have been engendering
they have been engendering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been engendering
you will have been engendering
he/she/it will have been engendering
we will have been engendering
you will have been engendering
they will have been engendering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been engendering
you had been engendering
he/she/it had been engendering
we had been engendering
you had been engendering
they had been engendering

Conditional
I would engender
you would engender
he/she/it would engender
we would engender
you would engender
they would engender

Past Conditional
I would have engendered
you would have engendered
he/she/it would have engendered
we would have engendered
you would have engendered
they would have engendered

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Verb	1.	engender - call forth breed, spawn cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
	2.	engender - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" beget, father, sire, mother, generate, bring forth, get create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

engender

verb

1. produce, make, cause, create, lead to, occasion, excite, result in, breed, generate, provoke, induce, bring about, arouse, give rise to, precipitate, incite, instigate, foment, beget Insults engender hatred against those who indulge in them.

2. breed, father, create, generate, conceive, give birth to, spawn, sire, propagate, bring forth, beget, procreate, give life to the desire to engender children

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engender

verb

To cause to come into existence:

beget, breed, create, father, hatch, make, originate, parent, procreate, produce, sire, spawn.

Idiom: give birth to.

Translations

erzeugen

engendrar

aiheuttaaluodasynnyttää

engendrer

causare generare produrre

aanporren stimuleren voortbrengen

engender

[ɪnˈdʒendəʳ] VT → engendrar (fig) → engendrar, suscitar

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engender

[ɪnˈdʒɛndə^r] vt [+ confidence, loyalty, sympathy, respect] → inspirer; [+ hatred, fear] → engendrer, provoquer
to engender a sense of sth → engendrer un sentiment de qch, provoquer un sentiment de qch

engender

vt (fig) → erzeugen

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engender

[ɪnˈdʒɛndəʳ] vt → produrre, causare

engender

vt. engendrar, procrear.

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