engender
pronunciation
How to pronounce engender in British English:
UK [ɪnˈdʒendə(r)]
How to pronounce engender in American English:
US [ɪnˈdʒendər]
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- Verb:
- call forth
- make children
Word Origin
- engender (v.)
- early 14c., "beget, procreate," from Old French engendrer (12c.) "give birth to, beget, bear; cause, bring about," from Latin ingenerare "to implant, engender, produce," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + generare "beget, create" (see generation). With euphonious -d- in French. Also from early 14c. engendered was used in a theological sense, with reference to Jesus, "derived (from God)." Meaning "cause, produce" is mid-14c. Related: Engendering.
Example
- 1. How might this brutal cycle engender creativity ?
- 2. As an american , my devotion to real was only as deep as my four months in spain could engender .
- 3. That track record should engender some faith ; on the whole , central bankers act responsibly , and healthy industrial economies aren 't prone to regular inflationary spirals .
- 4. In addition to showing some of the ways that computers can find their way invisibly into people 's lives , this speculation points up some of the social issues that embodied virtuality will engender .
- 5. The simple laws of supply and demand should engender concern : surplus productive capacity cannot easily expand above its current level but the long-term growth of emergent economies such as china and india means that the global demand for oil is likely to skyrocket in the years to come .