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Definition of Generate
Generate

To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.

To cause to be; to bring into life.

To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause.

To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order.

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Generate Quotations

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.
Dalai Lama

When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.
George Eliot

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.
Jose Marti

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.
Henri Matisse

How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
Herbert Spencer

My table seats eight, so that's my maximum. Having a small number of guests is the only way to generate good conversation. Besides, your whole house doesn't get wrecked that way.
Paul Lynde

When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they'd turn into novels. I was biased toward music.
Irvine Welsh

I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.
Umberto Eco

One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better.
Brian Eno

Generate Translations

generate in Dutch is verwekken
generate in German is erzeugen, erzeugen, errechnen
generate in Italian is produrre, abbordo
generate in Latin is ingenero
generate in Norwegian is frembringe
generate in Portuguese is gere
generate in Spanish is generar
generate in Swedish is generera


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