Generate /(?)/

Gen·er·ate

Generate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Generated; p. pr. & vb. n. Generating

  1. To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.
  2. To cause to be; to bring into life.
  3. To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause.
    Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle must likewise generate milk.
  4. To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order. (Math.)