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procreate

[ proh-kree-eyt ]

verb (used with object)

, pro·cre·at·ed, pro·cre·at·ing.
  1. to beget or generate (offspring).
  2. to produce; bring into being.


verb (used without object)

, pro·cre·at·ed, pro·cre·at·ing.
  1. to beget offspring.
  2. to produce; bring into being.

procreate

/ ˈprəʊkrɪˌeɪt /

verb

  1. to beget or engender (offspring)
  2. tr to bring into being
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈprocreant, adjective
  • ˈprocreˌator, noun
  • ˌprocreˈation, noun
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Other Words From

  • pro·cre·a·tion [proh-kree-, ey, -sh, uh, n] noun
  • pro·cre·a·tive adjective
  • pro·cre·a·tive·ness noun
  • pro·cre·a·tor noun
  • non·pro·cre·a·tive adjective
  • un·pro·cre·at·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of procreate1

First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin prōcreātus, past participle of prōcreāre “to breed”; pro- 1, create
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Word History and Origins

Origin of procreate1

C16: from Latin prōcreāre, from pro- 1+ creāre to create
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Example Sentences

Rather, random mutations in the DNA that codes for long necks was eventually selected, mostly because those giraffes were the ones that survived and procreated.

The things they do to survive and procreate are so fantastical and magnificent that it develops a sense of awe that you’re surrounded by these real stories of wild animals that are far more radical than our wildest science fiction.

His rendering of a photorealistic portrait of Freeman was accomplished “using only a finger, an iPad Air, and the app Procreate.”

And no amount of married same-sexers can remotely be seen as threatening to those heteros who do wish to procreate.

Worn down by the rigors of slavery, the men lost their desire to procreate.

We had no strong desire to procreate, and no strong need to avoid it.

Where your value is determined by your willingness to procreate.

As Braunitsch had put it so succinctly, "Even the lowest worm can procreate itself—unfortunately."

Men cannot give birth to a child, nor can they suckle a child; they can only procreate children, or become fathers.

They will obey and procreate, though the heavens roll up as a scroll and all things come to judgment.

Natural inability at the time of the marriage to procreate children is a canonical disability.

Blondes ordinarily procreate blondes, and dark parents have dark-skinned children.

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