Generate1. (v. t.) To produce; to create; to engender; as, a town generates its own power.
2. (v. t.) To cause to be; to bring into life.
3. (v. t.) To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause.
4. (v. t.) 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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