GENERATE

beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth

(verb) make (offspring) by reproduction; “Abraham begot Isaac”; “John fathered four daughters”

generate, bring forth

(verb) bring into existence; “The new manager generated a lot of problems”; “The computer bug generated chaos in the office”; “The computer generated this image”; “The earthquake generated a tsunami”

generate

(verb) produce (energy); “We can’t generate enough power for the entire city”; “The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity”

render, yield, return, give, generate

(verb) give or supply; “The cow brings in 5 liters of milk”; “This year’s crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn”; “The estate renders some revenue for the family”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

generate (third-person singular simple present generates, present participle generating, simple past and past participle generated)

(transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.

(transitive) To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.

(transitive) To procreate, beget.

(transitive, mathematics) To form a figure from a curve or solid.

(intransitive) To appear or occur; be generated.

Synonyms

• (to bring into being): create, spawn

Antonyms

• (to bring into being): annihilate, degenerate, extinguish

• (to produce as a result of a chemical or physical process): erase

Anagrams

• green tea, renegate, teen-ager, teenager

Source: Wiktionary

Gen"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Generated; p. pr. & vb. n. Generating.] Etym: [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.)

Definition: To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition