Generate

jen'gr-at, v. To beget, procreate, prop a- gate, engender; to cause to be, bring into life; to originate, esp. by a vital or chemical proce to produce, cause. [L. gene rare, -atum, fr. genus, q. v.] — Gen'erable, a. Capable of being, etc. — Genera'- tion, n. Act of, etc. origination by some proce , mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; thing generated; progeny; offspring; a single step or stage in the succe ion of natural descent; the ma of beings living at one period; the ordinary interval of time at which one rank follows another, or father succeeded by child; an age; race; kind; breed; stock. (Geom.) Formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, by the motion of a point or other magnitude. (Physiol.) The aggregate of the functions and phenomena which attend reproduction. [OF.; generation- Alternate generation. (Biol.) Alternativen-e , q. v., under Alternate. — Generative, -tiv, a. Having power to generate or produce prolific. — Gen'era'- tor, -ter, n. One who, or that which, etc.; apparatus for generating steam, gas, etc. (Mus.) The principal — sound or sounds by which others are produced. Gen'erant, n. That which generates. (Geom.) A line, surface, or solid, generated by the motion of a point, line, or surface, called the generatrix.— Gen'- era'trix, n. (Geom.) The point, or mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude. Generic, Generically, etc. See under Genus.