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, beget.
They generated many offspring.
Generated, not self-existent.
From Latin generō (“beget, procreate, produce”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from genus (“a kind, race, family”, gener- in compounds) + -ō; see genus. Compare Italian generare, French générer (and it...
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