PRODUCE Copy link • PRODUCEv. To bring forward, producere (lead forward a person): afferre, proferre (bring forward): memorare, commemorare (make mention of): laudare (especially, to praise; not = to quote a passage): citare (to call forth; e.g., aliquem auctorem, as one’s authority; but rare in this sense). To produce witnesses, testes proferre, laudare, proferre, citare, excitare: testimony, afferre testimonium: a passage, locum afferre [Vid: CITE]: a reason, rationem, causam afferre; afferre cur with subjunctive (e.g., cur credam, afferre possum, Cic.): ☞ not producere, adducere, locum, rationem. To yield (of trees, fields, etc.), ferre, efferre, proferre, fundere: effundere (of nature, the earth, a field, etc.; fund, and effundere = produce abundantly): to produce crops, ferre fruges, or ferre only; fructum afferre; efferre (especially of a field). [Vid: BEAR.] To cause, afferre (to bring): facere: efficere (to cause): esse (with dative): parere (to beget; sorrow, weariness, sleep, etc.): creare (make, cause; danger, mistakes, pleasure, etc.): praestare (supply): to produce profit or pleasure, utilitatem or voluptatem afferre; usui or voluptati esse. For other phrases, Vid: the substantives.