Generate

a. [Lat. genero, gene ratus- genus, race, kind.] To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to engender; to produce or bring forth similar to the parent. "Those creatures which being wild generate seldom, being tame, generate often." - Bacon. -To bring into life or existence; to cause to be. "Or find some other way to generate mankind." - Milton . To cause; to originate; to produce. Gen'erating Surface, n. ( Steam - engine .) The heating surface of a boiler, or that on which heat is applied to generate steam.