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engender
     1. v. (obsolete, transitive) To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
     2. v. To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
     3. v. To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
     4. v. (intransitive) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
     5. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To copulate, to have sex.
     6. v. (critical theory) To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.

Example Sentences

We need to continue to focus on dignity in old age, opportunity for our young people, and we need to think long and hard about how we engender responsibility in our communities. 
The gimmicks intended to encourage us to vote in increasingly pointless ballots will engender the very cynicism the government claims to be contesting. 



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