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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] 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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