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present tense third-person singular of engender
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1
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
- a suggestion to go out for pizza that didn't seem to engender any interest
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Near Antonyms for engenders
- clamps down (on),
- cracks down (on),
- crushes,
- dampens,
- puts down,
- quashes,
- quells,
- represses,
- smothers,
- squashes,
- squelches,
- stifles,
- subdues,
- suppresses
- cans
- [slang],
- kills,
- snuffs (out),
- stills
2
to come into existence
- feelings of confidence and independence that were only just beginning to engender within her
Synonyms for engenders
- actualizes,
- appears,
- arises,
- begins,
- breaks,
- commences,
- dawns,
- forms,
- materializes,
- originates,
- sets in,
- springs,
- starts
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