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Verb: engender  en'jen-du(r)
  1. Call forth
    - breed, spawn
     
  2. Make (offspring) by reproduction
    - beget [archaic], get, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
     
  3. Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
    - cause, do, make

Derived forms: engendered, engenders, engendering

Type of: create, make

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