Gēn'er-āte, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. GENERATED; p. pr. & vb. n. GENERATING.] [Lat. generare, generatum, It. generare, Pr. & O. Sp. generar, Pg. gerar, Fr. générer. See GENDER.]

1. To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce a being similar to the parent; to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.
2. To cause to be; to bring into life. Milton.
3. To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause.

Sounds are generated where there is no air at all. Bacon. Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle must likewise generate milk. Arbuthnot.