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procreant

[ proh-kree-uh nt ]
/ ˈproʊ kri ənt /
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adjective

procreating or generating: a sufficiently procreant breed of fish; a procreant cause.
pertaining to procreation.

RELATED WORDS

productive, lush, fruitful, rich, abundant, arable, conceptive, bearing, black, bountiful, breeding, fecund, flowering, gravid, luxuriant, plenteous, plentiful, pregnant, producing, prolific

Nearby words

  1. proconvertin,
  2. procopius,
  3. procrastinate,
  4. procrastination,
  5. procrastination is the thief of time,
  6. procreate,
  7. procreation,
  8. procreative,
  9. procrustean,
  10. procrustean bed

Origin of procreant

1580–90; < Latin prōcreant- (stem of prōcreāns), present participle of prōcreāre to breed. See procreate, -ant
Related formsun·pro·cre·ant, adjective
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Word Origin and History for procreant

procreant

adj.

"fruitful," 1580s, from Latin procreantem (nominative procreans), present participle of procreare "to beget" (see procreation). As a noun from c.1600.

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