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Webster 1913 Edition

Produce

Pro-duce′

,
Verb.
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
.

Pro-duce′

,
Verb.
I.
To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results.

Prod′uce

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product; yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural labors
; hence, specifically,
agricultural products.

Webster 1828 Edition

Produce

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. Is.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.

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