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.

4. (Math.) To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order.

• To bring into being; give rise to
       
• The discussion generated an uproar
  
• To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
       
• Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat
  
• To procreate
       
• They generated many offspring
  
• (mathematics) To form a figure from a curve or solid
       
• Rotating a circle generates a sphere