- (v.t.) To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause.
- (v.t.) To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.
- (v.t.) To trace out, as a line, figure or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order.
- (v.t.) To cause to be; to bring into life.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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