reproduce

[ree-pruh-doos, -dyoos]

verb (used with object), re·pro·duced, re·pro·duc·ing.

to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.

to produce again or anew by natural process: to reproduce a severed branch.

Biology. to produce one or more other individuals of (a given kind of organism) by some process of generation or propagation, sexual or asexual.

to cause or foster the reproduction of (organisms).

to produce, form, make, or bring about again or anew in any manner.

to recall to the mind or have a mental image of (a past incident, scene, etc.), as by the aid of memory or imagination.

to produce again, as a play produced at an earlier time.

verb (used without object), re·pro·duced, re·pro·duc·ing.

to reproduce its kind, as an organism; propagate; bear offspring.

to turn out in a given manner when copied: This picture will reproduce well.

Origin of reproduce

First recorded in 1605–15; re- + produce

Related formsre·pro·duc·er, nounre·pro·duc·i·ble, adjectivere·pro·duc·i·bil·i·ty, nounnon·re·pro·duc·i·ble, adjectiveself-re·pro·duc·ing, adjectiveun·re·pro·duc·i·ble, adjective

Synonyms for reproduce

3. generate, propagate, beget. 5. repeat. See imitate.

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Examples from the Web for reproducible

Contemporary Examples of reproducible

Only reproducible experiments, and ones that justify interest, are validated.
Zany, Cute, Interesting: What the Words We Use Say About Us
Benjamin Lytal
October 23, 2012

Historical Examples of reproducible

We want to get our telepathic transmissions distant, definite, and reproducible.
The Arena
Various
"It has to be reproducible, Lefty," he said, but in a kindly tone.
The Right Time
Walter Bupp
But the teaching of Buddha has lost touch with reality; it rests on no basis of observed or of reproducible fact.
Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death
Frederick W. H. Myers
The "unique utilities," things not reproducible by human labor, command what might be termed natural monopoly-prices.
Socialism
John Spargo
He writes an idiomatic Swedish which, in a sense, is not reproducible in another language.
August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt
L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-Hageby

British Dictionary definitions for reproducible

reproduce

verb (mainly tr)

to make a copy, representation, or imitation of; duplicate

(also intr) biology to undergo or cause to undergo a process of reproduction

to produce or exhibit again

to bring back into existence again; re-create

to bring before the mind again (a scene, event, etc) through memory or imagination

(intr) to come out (well, badly, etc), when copied

to replace (damaged parts or organs) by a process of natural growth; regenerate

to cause (a sound or television recording) to be heard or seen

Derived Formsreproducible, adjectivereproducibly, adverbreproducibility, noun

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Word Origin and History for reproducible

reproduce

1610s, "to produce again," from re- "again" + produce (v.), probably on model of French reproduire (16c.). Sense of "make a copy" is first recorded 1850; that of "produce offspring" is from 1894. Related: Reproduced; reproducing.

reproducible in Medicine

reproduce

[rē′prə-dōōs′, -dyōōs′]

v.

To produce a counterpart, an image, or a copy of something.

To bring something to mind again.

To generate offspring by sexual or asexual means.