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Vinony

generate

verb

  1. To bring into being; give rise to
  2. To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/ / [ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɹeɪt] / /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɚ.eɪt/

adj

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin generātus, perfect passive participle of generō (“beget, procreate, produce”). See Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

  1. Generated, not self-existent.

    “But neither is one time generated in another; for if the preſent be generated in the future, the future muſt be present; and if in the paſt, the paſt. The ſame may be ſaid of other times; therefore one time is not generated in another. Now if time be neither generated in itſelf, nor one time in another, it is not generate at all. But that it is not ingenerate, we ſhewed also. Therefore ſeeing it is neither generate nor ingenerate, it is not at all; for every Beeing muſt either be generate or ingenerate.”

    “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.”

verb

Etymology: 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”)).

  1. To bring into being; give rise to.

    “The discussion generated an uproar.”

    “The Ecclesiastical Commission was generated by Sir Robert Peel and bore the marks of Peel’s personality; bureaucratic, capable and cold.”

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

    “Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to water generates heat.”

  3. To procreate, beget.

    “They generated many offspring.”

  4. To form a figure from a curve or solid.

    “Rotating a circle generates a sphere.”

  5. To appear or occur; be generated.

    “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.”