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gave rise to

gave rise to is the simple past of give rise to.

Meaning of give rise to

Verb

give rise to (third-person singular simple present gives rise to, present participle giving rise to, simple past gave rise to, past participle given rise to)

  1. (transitive) To be the origin of; to produce; to result in.
    Synonyms:
    engender, spawn

Questions about gave rise to

What is gave rise to the simple past of?
Gave rise to is the simple past of give rise to.

Words near gave rise to in the dictionary

  1. gave out
  2. gave over
  3. gave pause
  4. gave paw
  5. gave pursuit
  6. gave rise to
  7. gave somebody time
  8. gave someone a big head
  9. gave someone a bloody nose
  10. gave someone a break
  11. gave someone a hand

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gave rise to (page history and authors); give rise to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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