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Webster's 1828 DictionaryPRODU'CE, v.t.[L. produco; pro and duco, to lead or draw.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)n Merriam Webster's
Oxford Reference Dictionaryv. & 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 DictionaryProduce 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 DictionaryProduce Pro*duce", v. i. To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results. Webster's 1913 DictionaryProduce 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
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