engender :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. call forth

sire, mother, father, beget, generate, bring forth

v. make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

v. bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"

produce, bring about, give rise to

v. cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system"

develop, work out, evolve

v. work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"

develop

v. be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";

raise, arouse, bring up, invoke, call forth, put forward, conjure up, call down

v. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

break, develop

v. happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"

produce, bring forth

v. bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit"

complete, carry out, execute, fulfill, fulfil, accomplish, carry through

v. put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

propagate

v. multiply sexually or asexually

sire, mother, father, beget, engender, generate, bring forth

v. make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

author, be the author of

v. be the author of; "She authored this play"

breed, multiply

v. have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"

effect, set up, bring about, effectuate, cause to happen, cause to occur

v. produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave"

occasion, give occasion to

v. give occasion to

raise, rear, put up, set up, erect

v. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

start, begin, commence, start up, embark on, get off the ground

v. get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"

move, prompt, incite, motivate

v. give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

author, be the author of

v. be the author of; "She authored this play"

spawn, breed, engender

v. call forth

breed, multiply

v. have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"

destroy

v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

Using Lexipedia you can visually map out words and concepts in a clean and friendly interface. No more thumbing through a dictionary, or fumbling through a single-word search; with Lexipedia you can see related words, synonyms, antonyms and fuzzynyms. And best of all, it's absolutely free!