generate

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To procreate, beget.
  4. Verb.  (transitive, mathematics) To form a figure from a curve or solid.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To appear or occur; be generated.

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