Generate Definition
jĕnə-rāt
generated, generates, generating
verb
generated, generates, generating
To bring into being; cause to be.
To generate hope.
Webster's New World
To produce (offspring); beget; procreate.
Webster's New World
To originate or produce by a physical, chemical, mechanical, electronic, or mathematical process.
To generate electricity, software that generates graphs.
Webster's New World
To produce in great quantities.
An office that generates a lot of paperwork.
Webster's New World
To trace out or form ( a curve, plane, or figure) by the motion of a point, line, or plane.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Generate
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From Latin generātus, perfect passive participle of generō (“beget, procreate, produce”), from genus (“a kind, race, family”); see genus.
From Wiktionary
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Latin generāre generāt- to produce from genus gener- birth genə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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