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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Produce \Pro*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Produced}; p. pr & vb n. {Producing}.] [L. producere, productum, to bring forward, beget, produce; pro forward, forth + ducere to lead. See {Duke}.] 1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show as to produce a witness or evidence in court. Produce your cause saith the Lord. --Isa. xli. 21. Your parents did not produce you much into the world. --Swift. 2. To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to to bear; to generate; to propagate; to yield; to furnish; as the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain. This soil produces all sorts of palm trees. --Sandys. [They] produce prodigious births of body or mind. -- Milton. The greatest jurist his country had produced. --Macaulay. 3. To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about as disease produces pain; vice produces misery. 4. To give being or form to to manufacture; to make as a manufacturer produces excellent wares. 5. To yield or furnish; to gain; as money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit. 6. To draw out to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as to produce a man's life to threescore. --Sir T. Browne. 7. (Geom.) To extend; -- applied to a line surface, or solid; as to produce a side of a triangle. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Produce \Pro*duce"\, v. i. To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Produce \Prod"uce\ (?; 277), n. That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product; yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural labors; hence specifically, agricultural products. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: produce n : fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market [syn: {green goods}, {green groceries}, {garden truck}] v 1: bring forth or yield: "The tree would not produce fruit" [syn: {bring forth}] 2: create or manufacture a man-made product: "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: {make}, {create}] 3: cause to occur or exist: "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor" [syn: {bring about}, {give rise}] 4: bring out for display: "The proud father produced many pictures of his baby"; "The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him" [syn: {bring forth}] 5: bring onto the market or release, as of an intellectual creation: "produce a movie"; "bring out a book"; "produce a new play" [syn: {bring on}, {bring out}] 6: cultivate by growing; often involves improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [syn: {grow}, {raise}, {farm}] 7: come to have of physical features and attributes; "He grew a beard"; The patient developed abdominal pains"; I got funny spots all over my body" [syn: {grow}, {develop}, {get}, {acquire}]
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