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Root of the Week: GEN (Tuesday)

  • Charlotte O'Connell
  • Jan 7
  • 1 min read

TUESDAY Engender (verb)

To engender something is to cause it to exist. Clearly this relates to the Latin word “generare,” meaning “to beget.” But not only organisms can be engendered: one can engender good will—or animosity—through one’s behavior toward others.


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