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v. produce electricity

v. bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"

return, yield, give, render

v. give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"

sire, mother, father, beget, engender, bring forth

v. make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

start, begin, commence, start up, embark on, get off the ground

v. get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"

trip, trigger, spark, activate, set off, actuate, spark off, trigger off, touch off

v. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

move, prompt, incite, motivate

v. give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise, ideate, conceive of

v. have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

hatch, think of, think up, concoct, dream up

v. devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

cover, hatch, brood, incubate

v. sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"

spawn, breed, engender

v. call forth

develop, work out, evolve

v. work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"

effect, set up, bring about, effectuate, cause to happen, cause to occur

v. produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave"

occasion, give occasion to

v. give occasion to

raise, rear, put up, set up, erect

v. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

start, begin, commence, start up, embark on, get off the ground

v. get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"

move, prompt, incite, motivate

v. give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

author, be the author of

v. be the author of; "She authored this play"

spawn, breed, engender

v. call forth

breed, multiply

v. have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"

destroy

v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

destroy

v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

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