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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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