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engendrer

to engender

verb ahn-zhahn-DREH Rare
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Also means

to generate

Usage Note

Engendrer means to bring about or give rise to something — engendrer des problèmes ('to give rise to problems'). In a biological or literary sense it means to beget or father a child. It is more formal than causer or créer and often appears in academic or journalistic writing to describe how one phenomenon produces another.

Examples

"Cette décision a engendré de nombreux conflits."

Natural Translation

That decision gave rise to numerous conflicts.

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