v.
- cause to arise or come about.
- produce (energy, especially electricity).
- Mathematics & Linguistics produce (a set or sequence of items) by performing mathematical or logical operations on an initial set.
▸Mathematics form (a line, surface, or solid) by notionally moving a point, line, or surface.
Derivative
Etymology
C16 (earlier (ME) as generation), in the sense ‘beget, procreate’: from L. generat-, generare, ‘create’, from genus, gener- ‘stock, race’.
