procreate
verb (used with object), pro·cre·at·ed, pro·cre·at·ing.
verb (used without object), pro·cre·at·ed, pro·cre·at·ing.
Origin of procreate
Related Words for procreate
spawn, proliferate, originate, impregnate, parent, engender, sire, create, breed, father, generate, mother, produce, propagate, conceive, hatch, multiply, get, beget, makeExamples from the Web for procreate
Contemporary Examples of 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.
I managed to let go of my fear, fall in love, and marry a man who was in no rush to procreate.
Historical Examples of procreate
He laughed at people who said that a castrato could not procreate.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
The mother does not procreate the son; she only bears and cherishes the awakened life.
FolkwaysWilliam Graham Sumner
But in that case it is not necessary to procreate together (excuse my brutality).
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other StoriesLeo Tolstoi
They must get food somehow, they must sleep and wake, they must procreate.
Do Unto OthersMark Clifton
The impulse to procreate the species is the most powerful expression of the "Will to Live."
Woman under socialismAugust Bebel