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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Generate \Gen"er*ate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Generated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Generating}.] [L. generatus, p. p. of generare to generate, fr. genus. See {Genus}, {Gender}.]
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. --Milton.
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. --Arbuthnot.
4. (Math.) 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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