All 6 Uses of
engender
in
David Copperfield
- And he takes,' said my mother, with the tears which were engendered in her affectionate nature, stealing down her face, 'he takes great pains with me; and I ought to be very thankful to him, and very submissive to him even in my thoughts; and when I am not, Peggotty, I worry and condemn myself, and feel doubtful of my own heart, and don't know what to do.'†
Chpt 7-9
- I had been out, one day, loitering somewhere, in the listless, meditative manner that my way of life engendered, when...
Chpt 10-12 *engendered = caused
- It is very possible that it had been in my mind a long time, and had gradually engendered my determination.†
Chpt 10-12
- But I know in what it is engendered, Trotwood, — in how true a remembrance of our having grown up together, and in how true an interest in all relating to you.†
Chpt 25-27
- I had never doubted his meanness, his craft and malice; but I fully comprehended now, for the first time, what a base, unrelenting, and revengeful spirit, must have been engendered by this early, and this long, suppression.†
Chpt 37-39
- Such speculations as it engendered within me I kept to myself, and those were faint enough.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(engender) cause -- usually a feeling (possibly a situation)