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(ɪndʒendəʳ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense engenders, present participle engendering, past tense, past participle engendered
verb
If someone or something engenders a particular feeling, atmosphere, or situation, they cause it to occur.
[formal]
It helps engender a sense of common humanity. [VERB noun]
Mr Bowles could engender delight in students and musicians alike. [VERB noun]
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engender in British English

(ɪnˈdʒɛndə)
verb
1. (transitive)
to bring about or give rise to; produce or cause
2. 
to be born or cause to be born; bring or come into being
Derived forms
engenderer (enˈgenderer)
noun
engenderment (enˈgenderment)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerāre, from generāre to beget

engender in American English

(ɛnˈdʒɛndər; ɪnˈdʒɛndər)
verb transitive
1.  Archaic
to beget
2. 
to bring into being; bring about; cause; produce
pity engendered love
verb intransitive
3.  Obsolete
to be produced; originate
Word origin
ME engendren < OFr engendrer < L ingenerare, to beget < in-, in + generare: see generate

Examples of 'engender' in a sentence
engender

The removal of the cameras also engendered a feeling that drivers were no longer being persecuted.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Divide into pairs to discuss the feelings engendered by this exercise.
Lindenfield, Gael 50 Ways to Become a Self-Confident Woman (1989)
Negative feelings are engendered when patients try to get effective treatment - only to be disappointed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It can engender feelings of sympathy or pity, outrage and disgust.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If the venture does fold, your debt to him could engender bad feeling.
Kiam, Victor Going For It!: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur (1986)
They will be people who work hard, get to the solution and engender confidence and trust.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It was vital to engender inner confidence and self-awareness to help people appear natural and authentic.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is an illness like any other and should engender the same feelings of sympathy, understanding and support.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He had always defended his players in public, which has engendered a sense of trust, commitment and mutual respect.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
If we heard it once, we heard it a hundred times: the inquiry needed to engender confidence in victims and the public.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Gardening seems to engender a sense of accomplishment, which in turn boosts self-confidence and helps us to deal with other aspects of life.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I know they can engender feelings of something approaching despair in many parents, simply because there's so much time to fill.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

In other languages
engender

British English: engender VERB
If someone or something engenders a particular feeling, atmosphere, or situation, they cause it to occur.
It helps engender a sense of common humanity.
  • American English: engender
  • Brazilian Portuguese: engendrar
  • Chinese: 引起
  • European Spanish: engendrar
  • French: susciter
  • German: erzeugen
  • Italian: produrre
  • Japanese: >生み出す感情・雰囲気を
  • Korean: 발생시키다
  • European Portuguese: engendrar
  • Latin American Spanish: engendrar

1 (verb) 
Definition
to produce (a particular feeling, atmosphere, or situation)
Insults engender hatred against those who indulge in them.
Synonyms
produce
Cooking with spices produces a wonderful smell.
make
The crash made a noise like a building coming down.
cause
I don't want to cause any trouble.
create
Criticism will only create feelings of failure.
lead to
occasion (formal)
The incident occasioned a full-scale parliamentary row.
excite
The proposal failed to excite our interest.
result in
breed
If they are overlooked, it's bound to breed resentment.
generate
The minister said the reforms would generate new jobs.
provoke
His comments have provoked a shocked reaction.
induce
an economic crisis induced by high oil prices
bring about
arouse
His work has aroused intense interest.
give rise to
precipitate
incite
He incited his fellow citizens to take revenge.
instigate
The violence was instigated by ex-members of the secret police.
foment
They accused strike leaders of fomenting violence.
beget (old-fashioned)
Poverty begets debt.
2 (verb) 
the desire to engender children
Synonyms
breed
Frogs will usually breed in any convenient pond.
father
He fathered three children.
create
He's creating a whole new language of painting.
generate
conceive
give birth to
spawn
sire
propagate
Tomatoes rot in order to transmit their seed and propagate the species.
bring forth
beget
He wanted to beget an heir.
procreate (formal)
Most people feel a biological need to procreate.
give life to

Additional synonyms

in the sense of arouse
Definition
to produce (a reaction, emotion, or response)
His work has aroused intense interest.
Synonyms
stimulate,
encourage,
inspire,
prompt,
spark,
spur,
foster,
provoke,
rouse,
stir up,
inflame,
incite,
instigate,
whip up,
summon up,
whet,
kindle,
foment,
call forth
in the sense of beget
Definition
to cause or create
Poverty begets debt.
Synonyms
cause,
bring,
produce,
create,
effect,
lead to,
occasion (formal),
result in,
generate,
provoke,
induce,
bring about,
give rise to,
precipitate,
incite,
engender
in the sense of beget
Definition
to father
He wanted to beget an heir.
Synonyms
father,
breed,
generate,
sire,
get,
propagate,
procreate (formal)

Nearby words of
engender

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  • engineer
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