to create and distribute vitally and profusely: He generates ideas that we all should consider. A good diplomat generates good will.
4.
to reproduce; procreate.
5.
to produce by a chemical process.
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Mathematics.
a.
to trace (a figure) by the motion of a point, straight line, or curve.
b.
to act as base for all the elements of a given set: The number 2 generates the set 2, 4, 8, 16.
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Linguistics. to produce or specify (a grammatical sentence or other construction or set of constructions) by the application of a rule or set of rules in a generative grammar.
–verb (used without object)
8.
to reproduce; propagate.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L generātus produced, ptp. of generāre to beget; see genus]
—Synonyms 1. create, evolve, originate, engender, institute.
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