1.  generate(v = verb.creation) bring forth - bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami"
is one way to create, make
Derived forms noun generation₅, noun generation₄, adjective generative₁, noun generator₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  generate(v = verb.creation) give, render, return, yield - give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
is one way to create, make, produce
Derived form noun generation₆
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

3.  generate(v = verb.creation) - produce (energy); "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity"
is one way to create, make, produce
Derived forms noun generation₆, adjective generative₁, noun generator₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

4.  generate(v = verb.body) beget, bring forth, engender, father, get, mother, sire - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
is one way to create, make
Derived forms noun generation₇, noun generation₅, noun generation₂, adjective generative₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

1.  To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species. [1913 Webster]

2.  To cause to be; to bring into life. Milton. [1913 Webster]

3.  To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause. [1913 Webster]
"Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle must likewise generate milk." [1913 Webster]

4.  To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order. [1913 Webster]

generate, v.tr.
1 bring into existence; produce, evolve.
2 produce (electricity).
3 Math. (of a point or line or surface conceived as moving) make (a line or surface or solid).
4 Math. & Linguistics produce (a set or sequence of items) by the formulation and application of precise criteria.

Derivative:
generable adj.

Etymology:
L generare beget (as GENUS)

VB  produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture, weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel, build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up, establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute, achieve, accomplish, flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle, bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world, make productive, create, beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate, procreate, progenerate, propagate, engender, bring into being, call into being, bring into existence, breed, hatch, develop, bring up, induce, superinduce, suscitate, cause, acquire.

VB  make productive, fructify, procreate, generate, fertilize, spermative, impregnate, fecundate, fecundify, teem, multiply, produce, conceive.