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. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Produce your cause, saith the Lord. Isa. xli. 21. [ 1913 Webster ] Your parents did not produce you much into the world. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] This soil produces all sorts of palm trees. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ] [ They ] produce prodigious births of body or mind. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] The greatest jurist his country had produced. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] 7. (Geom.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
