Definition of generate

• v. t. - To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.
• v. t. - To cause to be; to bring into life.
• v. t. - To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause.
• v. t. - To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order.