v. t. | 1. | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 7. | (Geom.) To extend; - applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle. |
v. i. | 1. | To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results. |
n. | 1. | That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product; yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural labors |