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Produce

verb

(past & past part. produced; pres. part. producing)

1.

Bring forth or yield. Synonym: bring forth.

2.

Create or manufacture a man-made product. Synonyms: create, make. "The company has been making toys for two centuries"

3.

Cause to happen, occur or exist. Synonyms: bring about, give rise. "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"

4.

Bring out for display. Synonym: bring forth. "The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him"

5.

Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques. Synonyms: farm, grow, raise. "They produce good ham in Parma" , "We grow wheat here" , "We raise hogs here"

6.

Bring onto the market or release. Synonyms: bring on, bring out. "Bring out a book" , "Produce a new play"

7.

Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes). Synonyms: acquire, develop, get, grow. "The patient developed abdominal pains" , "I got funny spots all over my body" , "Well-developed breasts"

noun

1.

Fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market. Synonyms: garden truck, green goods, green groceries.

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... childbed, he had one son; a fact which he sedulously concealed from the world of Paris by keeping the unhappy boy—who was now some eighteen or nineteen years old—a perpetual exile in England. Monsieur de Vaudemont did not wish to pass for more than thirty, and he considered that to produce a son of eighteen would be to make the lad a monster of ingratitude by giving the lie every hour to his own father! In spite of this precaution the Vicomte found great difficulty in getting a third ...

— Night and Morning, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... the South for a crime which they were the last people on earth to dream of committing is, of course, a power to be used—but with caution. The first execution of a Southern leader on such an idiotic charge would produce a revolution of sentiment. The people are ...

— The Clansman - An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan • Thomas Dixon

... horses, told me these hanks of yarn were first spun and then dyed by the good wives, preparatory to being sent to the loom. She showed me some of this home- spun cloth, which really looked very well. It was a dullish dark brown, the wool being the produce of a breed of black sheep. This cloth is made up in different ways for ...

— The Backwoods of Canada • Catharine Parr Traill

... a distance. Do I accept it? Certainly not. She must prove and re-prove before I yield a point. But if I am still a sceptic, I have at least ceased to be a scoffer. We are to have a sitting this evening, and she is to try if she can produce any mesmeric effect upon me. If she can, it will make an excellent starting-point for our investigation. No one can accuse me, at any rate, of complicity. If she cannot, we must try and find some subject who will be like Caesar's ...

— The Parasite • Arthur Conan Doyle

... manager was again guilty of an unprofessional action. He whistled softly under his breath. A very respectable client he had always considered Mr. Stephen Laverick, but he had certainly never suspected him of being able to produce at a pinch such evidence of means. Laverick smoothed out the notes and laid them upon ...

— Havoc • E. Phillips Oppenheim

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