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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRODU'CE, v.t.[L. produco; pro and duco, to lead or draw.]
1. To bring forward; to bring or offer to view or notice; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.
Produce your cause. Isaiah 41.
2. To exhibit to the public.
Your parents did not produce you
much into the world.
3. To bring forth; to bear; as plants or the soil. Trees produce fruit; the earth produces trees and grass; wheat produces an abundance of food.
4. To bear; to generate and bring forth; as young. The seas produce fish in abundance.
They--
Produce prodigious births of body or mind.
5. To cause; to effect; to bring into existence. Small causes sometimes produce great effects. The clouds produce rain. The painter produces a picture or a landscape. The sculptor produces a statue. Vice produces misery.
6. To raise; to bring into being. The farmer produces grain enough for his family.
7. To make; to bring into being or form. The manufacturer produces excellent wares.
8. To yield or furnish. Money produces interest; capital produces profit. The commerce of the country produces a revenue to government.
9. In general, to bring into existence or into view.
10. To draw out in length; to extend; as a line produced from A to B.
PROD'UCE, n. That which is produced, brought forth or yielded; product; as the produce of a farm; the produce of trees; the produce of a country; the produce of a manufacture; the produce of the sea; the produce of a tax; the produce of a mine. But when we speak of something formed by an individual artisan or genius, we call it a production.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market [syn: produce, green goods, green groceries, garden truck] v
1: bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit" [syn: produce, bring forth]
2: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: produce, make, create]
3: cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system" [syn: produce, bring about, give rise]
4: bring out for display; "The proud father produced many pictures of his baby"; "The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him" [syn: produce, bring forth]
5: cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [syn: grow, raise, farm, produce]
6: bring onto the market or release; "produce a movie"; "bring out a book"; "produce a new play" [syn: produce, bring on, bring out]
7: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow, develop, produce, get, acquire]

Merriam Webster's

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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. 1 bring forward for consideration, inspection, or use (will produce evidence). 2 manufacture (goods) from raw materials etc. 3 bear or yield (offspring, fruit, a harvest, etc.). 4 bring into existence. 5 cause or bring about (a reaction, sensation, etc.). 6 Geom. extend or continue (a line). 7 a bring (a play, performer, book, etc.) before the public. b supervise the production of (a film, broadcast, etc.). --n. 1 a what is produced, esp. agricultural and natural products collectively (dairy produce). b an amount of this. 2 (often foll. by of) a result (of labour, efforts, etc.). 3 a yield, esp. in the assay of ore. Derivatives: producible adj. producibility n. Etymology: ME f. L producere (as PRO-(1), ducere duct- lead)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Produce Pro*duce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Produced; p. pr. & vb. n. Producing.] [L. producere, productum, to bring forward, beget, produce; pro forward, forth + ducere to lead. See Duke.] 1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court. Produce your cause, saith the Lord. --Isa. xli. 21. Your parents did not produce you much into the world. --Swift. 2. To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain. This soil produces all sorts of palm trees. --Sandys. [They] produce prodigious births of body or mind. -- Milton. The greatest jurist his country had produced. --Macaulay. 3. To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice produces misery. 4. To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares. 5. To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit. 6. To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore. --Sir T. Browne. 7. (Geom.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Produce Pro*duce", v. i. To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(producing, produced) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. To produce something means to cause it to happen. The drug is known to produce side-effects in women... Talks aimed at producing a new world trade treaty have been under way for six years. VERB: V n, V n 2. If you produce something, you make or create it. The company produced circuitry for communications systems... VERB: V n 3. When things or people produce something, it comes from them or slowly forms from them, especially as the result of a biological or chemical process. These plants are then pollinated and allowed to mature and produce seed. ...gases produced by burning coal and oil. VERB: V n, V-ed 4. If you produce evidence or an argument, you show it or explain it to people in order to make them agree with you. They challenged him to produce evidence to support his allegations... VERB: V n 5. If you produce an object from somewhere, you show it or bring it out so that it can be seen. To hire a car you must produce a passport and a current driving licence... VERB: V n 6. If someone produces something such as a film, a magazine, or a CD, they organize it and decide how it should be done. He has produced his own sports magazine called Yes Sport... VERB: V n 7. Produce is food or other things that are grown in large quantities to be sold. We manage to get most of our produce in Britain...

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Exhibit, show, bring forward, bring out, bring into view. 2. Generate, bring into being, bear, furnish, yield, bring forth, breed. 3. Cause, occasion, originate, make, create, effect, give rise to, bring, about. 4. Yield, bear, give, afford, render, make accrue, impart. 5. Extend, protract, prolong, draw out, lengthen. 6. Manufacture, make. II. n. 1. See product. 2. Agricultural products.

Moby Thesaurus

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