engender

v., -dered, -der·ing, -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.]

engenderer en·gen'der·er n.

verb

To cause to come into existence: beget, breed, create, father, hatch, make, originate, parent, procreate, produce, sire, spawn. Idioms: givebirthriseto. See make/unmake.

v

Definition: cause to happen; cause an action
Antonyms: destroy, finish, halt, kill, stop

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IN BRIEF: To produce.

A caring teacher helps to engender a general enjoyment of the course being taught.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fremkalde, afføde, avle
v. intr. - oprinde, skabe, avle

Nederlands (Dutch)
verwekken, veroorzaken, voortbrengen

Français (French)
v. tr. - engendrer, causer, (fig) produire
v. intr. - donner naissance à, naître, être engendré, être causé

Deutsch (German)
v. - erzeugen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - γεννώ, προκαλώ

Italiano (Italian)
arrecare, produrre, procreare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - gerar

Русский (Russian)
порождать, возбуждать, вызывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - causar, ocasionar, acarrear, provocar, producir, generar, originar, engendrar
v. intr. - engendrarse, nacer, formarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - framkalla, skapa, alstra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使产生, 引起, 产生

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使產生, 引起
v. intr. - 產生, 引起

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 생기게 하다, 낳다
v. intr. - 생기다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 生ずる, 産む, 発生する, 生む, 生じる, 引き起こす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينشأ, يحدث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הוליד, גרם‬
v. intr. - ‮נגרם, נולד‬

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