engender
verb (used with object)
to produce, cause, or give rise to.
engendered
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past participleof engender.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof engender.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
engenderverb (used with object)to produce, cause, or give rise to.
Example Sentences
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These include the shifts in audience habits engendered by the pandemic and the explosion of streaming, which has seen viewers choosing to stay on the couch.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
The daring enterprise has engendered a host of grand theories about Mr. Trump’s strategic decision-making, the ideas behind it, and its implications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
For some, this has engendered a sense of paralysis.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025
Yes, progress was undeniably uneven and engendered a surprising amount of pushback, but there was no going back.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025
So widespread was Olmec iconography—jaguar babies, carved stelae, distinctively shaped ceramics—that many archaeologists believed its very ubiquity was evidence that the Olmec “not only engendered Mesoamerica but also brought forth the first Mesoamerican empire.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
