GENERATE

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.

2.
v.

To cause to be; to bring into life. Milton.

3.
v.

To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause. Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle must likewise generate milk. Arbuthnot.

4.
v.

To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order.

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