[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

generate \gen"erate\, 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
see also:
generated generating genus gender 

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