generate

1. 1

   To bring into being; give rise to.transitive

   • The discussion generated an uproar.
2. 2

   To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.transitive

   • Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.
3. 3

   To procreate, beget.transitive

   • They generated many offspring.
4. 4

   To form a figure from a curve or solid.transitive

   • Rotating a circle generates a sphere.
5. 5

   To appear or occur; be generated.intransitive

   • Mrs. Fennel, seeing the steam begin to generate on the countenances of her guests, crossed over and touched the fiddler's elbow and put her hand on the serpent's mouth.

ant. abrogate · annihilate · degenerate · extinguish · obliterate · ungenerate · erase

1. 1

   Generated, not self-existent.not-comparablerare

   • It poses the thorny problem of the status of the Logos. Is he generate or ingenerate?.. Justin replies that he is generate—but in a special sense.