Antonyms for engendering

Grammar : Verb

Spell : en-jen-der

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈdʒɛn dər

Definition of engendering

Origin : early 14c., "beget, procreate," from Old French engendrer (12c.) "engender, beget, bear; cause, bring about," from Latin ingenerare "to implant, engender, produce," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + generare "beget, create" (see generation). Meaning "cause, produce" is mid-14c. Related: Engendered; engendering.

verb cause to happen; cause an action

Example sentences :

Taken by itself, however, the notion is incapable of engendering a myth.
Extract from : « Elements of Folk Psychology » by Wilhelm Wundt

Your ruff, your poker, are engendering together upon the cupboard of the court, or the court cupboard.
Extract from : « The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys. » by Thomas Dekker

And here are wrongs, engendering anguish, and mortal strife.
Extract from : « Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; » by Clark S. Beardslee

And there is nothing like dreams for engendering the future.
Extract from : « Les Misrables » by Victor Hugo

He never uses vulgar bad language himself, but has a singular power of engendering it in others.
Extract from : « Certain Personal Matters » by H. G. Wells

So much glory, however, produced its usual effect in engendering jealousy in little minds.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 » by Various

It might, by engendering ridicule from the insolence of office, weaken a claim, otherwise well founded.
Extract from : « The Attache » by Thomas Chandler Haliburton

You may like to know, as a means of engendering a more complete individual interest in our actors, who they are.
Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens

It has the advantage also of not engendering insects; for, in consequence of its poisonous qualities, no insect can live upon it.
Extract from : « Travels in North America, From Modern Writers » by William Bingley

This confidence in her powers stimulated and encouraged her, often engendering the very resources it imputed.
Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for engendering

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