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Detailed Synonyms for engender in English

engender:

engender verb

  1. engender
    engender; to cause; to give rise to; to provoke; to produce; to create
    • engender verb
    • cause verb (causes, caused, causing)
    • give rise to verb (gives rise to, gave rise to, giving rise to)
    • provoke verb (provokes, provoked, provoking)
    • produce verb (produces, produced, producing)
    • create verb (creates, created, creating)
  2. engender
    – make children 1
    to get; to generate; engender; mother; father; sire; to bring forth; to beget
    – make children 1
    • get verb (gets, got, getting)
      • Abraham begot Isaac1
    • generate verb (generates, generated, generating)
    • engender verb
    • mother verb
    • father verb
      • Men often father children but don't recognize them1
    • sire verb
    • bring forth verb (brings forth, brought forth, bringing forth)
    • beget verb (begets, begetted, begetting)
  3. engender
    – call forth 1
    to breed; to spawn; engender
    – call forth 1
    • breed verb (breeds, bred, breeding)
    • spawn verb (spawns, spawned, spawning)
    • engender verb

Related Words for "engender":

  • engendering

Alternate Synonyms for "engender":


Related Definitions for "engender":

  1. make children1
  2. call forth1