procreate
verb (used with object)
to beget or generate (offspring).
procreated
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past participleof procreate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof procreate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
procreateverb (used with object)to beget or generate (offspring).
Example Sentences
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Now that those resistant bed bugs have survived and procreated, humans are the ones who must adapt.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2024
The second, more damning letter, reads like a manifesto and notes that "persistence procreated the resistance."
From Fox News ● May 21, 2019
Any American who has ever procreated knows what a racket the baby industry is.
From Time ● Dec. 1, 2014
Do we look at men who have somehow not procreated as missing out?
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2012
I. Two universal spheres proceed from the Lord to preserve the universe in its created State; of which the one is the sphere of procreating, and the other the sphere of protecting the things procreated.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Emanuel Swedenborg
