(1):

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

(2):

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

(3):

(v. t.) To cause to be; to bring into life.

(4):

(v. t.) To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause.