engender
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en·gen·der
(ĕn-jĕn'dər) 
v., -dered, -der·ing, -ders. v.tr.
To come into existence; originate.
v., -dered, -der·ing, -ders. v.tr.
- To bring into existence; give rise to: "Every cloud engenders not a storm" (Shakespeare).
- To procreate; propagate.
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.Roget's Thesaurus:
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engender
v
Definition: cause to happen; cause an action
Antonyms: destroy, finish, halt, kill, stop
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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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