generate.
To bring into being; give rise to.
Meaning & usage
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.
To form a figure from a curve or solid.
Rotating a circle generates a sphere.
To appear or occur; be generated.
Where this word comes from
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 its older (and now obsolete) English cognate from Middle French, gender (“engender, breed, copulate”)).
Generated, not self-existent.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin generātus, perfect passive participle of generō (“beget, procreate, produce”). See Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
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