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The Meaning of produce
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(v. t.) 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.
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(v. t.) 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.
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(v. t.) To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice produces misery.
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(v. t.) To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares.
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(v. t.) To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit.
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(v. t.) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore.
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(v. t.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle.
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(v. i.) To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results.
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(n.) That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product; yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural labors
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(n.) agricultural products.
Synonyms
Exhibit
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bear
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furbish
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afford
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cause
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create
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originate
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yield
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extend
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prolong
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lengthen.
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Product
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yield
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fruit
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profit
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effect
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consequence
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result
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amount
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[See RESULT].
Antonyms
Withdraw
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retain
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stifle
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withhold
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neutralize
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destroy
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annihilate
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curtail
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shorten
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contract
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reduce.
Rhymes
abstruse
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abuse
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asmus
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boose
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bruce
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caboose
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chartreuse
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cheuse
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coos
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cruce
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cuisse
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damoose
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deduce
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derousse
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deuce
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deuss
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diffuse
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disabuse
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disuse
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doose
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douce
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druce
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duce
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ekeus
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excuse
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footloose
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goose
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hoose
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induce
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introduce
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juice
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labouisse
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lajous
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loose
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luce
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misuse
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moose
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mousse
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noose
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nous
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obtuse
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overproduce
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prepuce
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preuss
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profuse
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recluse
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reduce
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reintroduce
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reproduce
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reuse
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ruess
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seduce
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seuss
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sluice
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spruce
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truce
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tyus
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use
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vanhoose
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yous
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zeus