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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