generate
v.v. to produce or create something, such as energy, money, or new ideas.
v. to produce or create something as a result of a process; to cause a particular situation or result to exist.
The new wind farm will generate enough electricity for the whole town.
The marketing campaign helped generate a lot of interest in the new product before it even launched.
The algorithm is designed to generate a unique sequence of numbers based on the user's initial input and the current system time.
From Latin generō (“beget, procreate, produce”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from genus (“a kind, race, family”, gener- in compounds) + -ō; see genus. Compare Italian generare, French générer (and its older (and now obsolete) English cognate from Middle French, gender (“engender, breed, copulate”)).
Learned borrowing from Latin generātus, perfect passive participle of generō (“beget, procreate, produce”). See Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
The verb is transitive and always requires a direct object.