generates

verb

(transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.

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

(transitive) To procreate, beget.

(intransitive) To appear or occur; be generated.

(transitive, mathematics) To form a figure from a curve or solid.

adjective

(rare) Generated, not self-existent.

Roots

generogen- · Latin · beget, produce

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