GRE vocabulary
Engender
to cause to exist or to develop; to produce, give rise to
Example
"The new policy is likely to engender much debate among the faculty members."
Etymology
From Old French 'engendrer', from Latin 'ingenerare' meaning 'to implant, engender'.
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