Engender
Engender verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Usage example: a suggestion to go out for pizza that didn't seem to engender any interest
Set and engender are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a verb "Engender".
Nearby Word: engendering
Set
Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.
Common collocations
| people | engender people | set people |
Both words in one sentence
- A hard sci-fi film made by a director then largely considered past his prime and set on a planet notorious for being the setting of some of the biggest Box Office Bombs in history was bound to engender some less than hopeful reactions.
Source: Sleeper Hit
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