Definitions for engender

engender en·gen·der

Spelling: [en-jen-der]
IPA: /ɛnˈdʒɛn dər/

Engender is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 93 anagrams from letters in engender (deeegnnr).

Definitions for engender

verb (used with object)

  1. to produce, cause, or give rise to:
  2. to beget; procreate.

verb (used without object)

  1. to be produced or caused; come into existence:

Origin of engender

1275-1325; Middle English Old French engendrer Latin ingenerāre, equivalent to in- en-1 + generāre to beget; see generate

Examples for engender

It usually applies to a strong current, apt to engender a sort of vortex.

In Europe, the European Central Bank is a much newer institution, but still manages to engender strong feelings.

Man is made for society and not for solitude, and solitude can only engender despair.

Among observers, she does not engender protective feelings so much as awe—and, among detractors, anxiety.

But their point is to show how strong Putin is rather than engender competition.

Moreover, it will engender even greater dissatisfaction among the population.

It was impossible that the place should not engender some thought of the kind.

Youth demands its share in every study that can engender a power or a delight.

King: We must expunge from our society the myths and half-truths that engender such groundless fears as these.

As I told Weener, if you create a capacity, you engender an appetite.

Word Value for engender
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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