engender

verb: beget, procreate, to cause to exist or to develop : produce policies that have engendered controversy

A suggestion to go out for pizza that didn't seem to engender any interest. 

Synonyms: beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do, draw on, effectuate, effect, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yield

 

Antonyms: cease, end, stop