generate
verb
[ ˈdʒɛnəreɪt ]
• produce or create.
• "changes which are likely to generate controversy"
Similar:
cause,
give rise to,
lead to,
result in,
bring about,
bring into being,
create,
make,
produce,
initiate,
engender,
spawn,
sow the seeds of,
occasion,
effect,
originate,
bring to pass,
bring on,
precipitate,
prompt,
provoke,
kindle,
trigger,
spark off,
touch off,
stir up,
whip up,
induce,
inspire,
promote,
foster,
conjure,
beget,
enkindle,
effectuate,
Origin:
early 16th century (in the sense ‘beget, procreate’): from Latin generat- ‘created’, from the verb generare, from genus, gener- ‘stock, race’.
