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# engender

«engender» in Mova's school dictionary: **to cause it or make it begin: «Kindness engenders trust»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (engender, engenders, engendered, engendering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To engender a feeling or situation is to cause it or make it begin: «Kindness engenders trust». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engender/#m1)

2) (old use) To engender a child is to father it; this sense is found only in very old books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engender/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal, exam-style word for «cause» or «create», used mostly about feelings and attitudes, not about physical things. In essays and reports you might write that a policy «engendered anger» or a teacher «engendered a love of reading». Phrases: «engender trust», «engender fear», «engender respect».

### examples

- Fair rules engender respect in the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engender/#x1)
- His rude jokes engendered a lot of anger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engender/#x2)
- The coach's praise engendered confidence in the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engender/#x3)
- Rumours can engender fear in a small town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engender/#x4)
- Good teamwork engenders friendship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engender/#x5)
- The new law engendered a long debate in Parliament. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engender/#x6)
- Their blood, a bright ethereal fluid called Ichor, never engendered disease, and, when shed, had the power of producing new life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engender/#x7)

### note

Formal; in speech say «cause» or «create». It is followed by an abstract noun (trust, fear, hope), not by a thing like «a cake». Not related to the word «gender» in meaning, though they share an old root meaning «to produce».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «engender» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engender/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.