Gave rise to
The crossword clue "Gave rise to" is answered by BRED, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BRED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BRED answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ENGENDERED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BRED
Every other clue in this collection answered by BRED, most used first.
- Raised - used 101 times, most recently in 2025
- Born and ___ - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Engendered - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Brought up - used 48 times, most recently in 2024
- Reared - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Raised, as cattle - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Born's partner - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Produced - used 14 times, most recently in 2007
- Propagated - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Raised, as livestock - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Raised, as racehorses - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Nurtured - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Produced offspring - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Raised, as horses - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Like champion racehorses - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Fostered - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Begot - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Born partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Sired - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Cultivated - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- ___-in-the-bone (deeply ingrained) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Raised, as rabbits - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Gave the once-over - EYED, used 87 times
- Gave temporarily - LENT, used 61 times
- Gave for a while - LENT, used 35 times
- Ocean's rise and fall - TIDE, used 31 times
- Rise - GOUP, used 31 times
- He gave us a lift - OTIS, used 24 times
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