produce

produce
I. verb (produced; producing) Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Latin producere, from pro- forward + ducere to lead — more at tow Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to offer to view or notice 2. to give birth or rise to ; yield 3. to extend in length, area, or volume <
produce a side of a triangle
>
4. to make available for public exhibition or dissemination: as a. to provide funding for <
search for backers to produce the film
>
b. to oversee the making of <
will produce their new album
>
5. a. to cause to have existence or to happen ; bring about b. to give being, form, or shape to ; make; especially manufacture 6. to compose, create, or bring out by intellectual or physical effort 7. to cause to accrue intransitive verb to bear, make, or yield something • producible adjective II. noun Date: 1695 1. a. something produced b. the amount produced ; yield 2. agricultural products and especially fresh fruits and vegetables as distinguished from grain and other staple crops 3. the progeny usually of a female animal

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  • produce — ► VERB 1) make, manufacture, or create. 2) cause to happen or exist. 3) show or provide for inspection or use. 4) administer the financial and managerial aspects of (a film or broadcast) or the staging of (a play). 5) supervise the making of (a… …   English terms dictionary

  • produce# — produce vb *bear, yield, turn out Analogous words: *generate, breed, propagate: *make, form, shape, fabricate, manufacture: create, *invent produce n *product, production …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • Produce — Pro*duce , v. i. To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Produce — Prod uce (?; 277), n. That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product; yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural labors; hence, specifically, agricultural products. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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