'Generate' definitions:

Definition of 'generate'

(from WordNet)
verb
Bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami" [syn: generate, bring forth]
verb
Give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" [syn: render, yield, return, give, generate]
verb
Produce (energy); "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity"
verb
Make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth]

Definition of 'Generate'

From: GCIDE
  • Generate \Gen"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Generated; p. pr. & vb. n. Generating.] [L. generatus, p. p. of generare to generate, fr. genus. See Genus, Gender.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cause to be; to bring into life. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause. [1913 Webster]
  • Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle must likewise generate milk. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Math.) To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'generate'

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Words containing 'Generate'