Generating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Generate \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}.]
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     1. To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being
        similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal


        generates its own species.
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     2. To cause to be; to bring into life. --Milton.
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     3. To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process;
        to produce; to cause.
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              Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle must
              likewise generate milk.               --Arbuthnot.
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     4. (Math.) To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the
        motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order.
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