Produce

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PRODUCED (-dūst'); p. pr. & vb. n. PRODUCING.] [Lat. producere, productum, from pro, forward, forth, and ducere, to lead, bring forward; It. producere, produrre, Sp. producir, Pg. produzir, Pr. & Fr. produire.] 1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court. Your parents did not produce you much into the world. Swift. 2. To bring forth; to bear; to give birth to; to propagate; to yield of its kind; to furnish:—applied both to animal and vegetable life; as, the seas produce fish; the earth produces trees and grass; wheat produces an abundance of food. They . . . Produce prodigious births of body or mind. Milton.

3. To cause to be or to happen; to originate as an effect; as, small causes sometimes produce great effects; the clouds produce rain; vice produces misery.
4. To manufacture; to prepare for specific uses; to give being or form to; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares.
5. To yield or furnish; as, money produces interest; capital produces profit.
6. To draw further; to extend; to lengthen out; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life unto three-score. Browne.
7. (Geom.) To extend;—applied to a line, surface, or solid.