pro·cre·ate

(prō′krē-āt′)

v. pro·cre·at·ed, pro·cre·at·ing, pro·cre·ates

v.intr.

To produce offspring; reproduce.

v.tr.

To produce (offspring); reproduce.

[Latin prōcreāre, prōcreāt- : prō-, forward; see pro-¹ + creāre, to create; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]

pro′cre·ant (-ənt) adj.

pro′cre·a′tion n.

pro′cre·a′tor n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

procreation - the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

facts of life, reproduction, breeding

sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat"

miscegenation, crossbreeding, interbreeding - reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)

multiplication, propagation, generation - the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

procreation

noun

The process by which an organism produces others of its kind:

breeding, multiplication, proliferation, propagation, reproduction, spawning.

Obsolete: increase.

Translations

lisääntyminen

procréation

出産増殖

воспроизводство

procreation

[ˌprəʊkrɪˈeɪʃən] N → procreación f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

procreation

[ˌprəʊkriˈeɪʃ^ən] n → procréation fProcurator Fiscal [ˌprɒkjʊreɪtə^rˈfɪskəl] n (Scottish) → procureur(e) m/f (de la République)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

procreation

n → Zeugung f, → Fortpflanzung f; (of species) → Fortpflanzung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

procreation

[ˌprəʊkrɪˈeɪʃ/ən] n → procreazione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

pro·cre·a·tion

n. procreación, reproducción.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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References in classic literature

And also in discerning do I feel only my will's procreating and evolving delight; and if there be innocence in my knowledge, it is because there is will to procreation in it.

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[Note: "What need of a certificate?" a Spaceland critic may ask: "Is not the procreation of a Square Son a certificate from Nature herself, proving the Equal-sidedness of the Father?" I reply that no Lady of any position will marry an uncertified Triangle.

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Cold, cunning, calculating; he was, also, in marked contrast to most of his fellows, a slave to that brute passion which the waning demands for procreation upon their dying planet has almost stilled in the Martian breast.

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"Thou who didst from the beginning create male and female," the priest read after the exchange of rings, "from Thee woman was given to man to be a helpmeet to him, and for the procreation of children.

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Education, I said, and nurture: If our citizens are well educated, and grow into sensible men, they will easily see their way through all these, as well as other matters which I omit; such, for example, as marriage, the possession of women and the procreation of children, which will all follow the general principle that friends have all things in common, as the proverb says.

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How the workers have been rendered sterile is a difficulty; but not much greater than that of any other striking modification of structure; for it can be shown that some insects and other articulate animals in a state of nature occasionally become sterile; and if such insects had been social, and it had been profitable to the community that a number should have been annually born capable of work, but incapable of procreation, I can see no very great difficulty in this being effected by natural selection.

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Neither her out-side formd so fair, nor aught In procreation common to all kindes (Though higher of the genial Bed by far, And with mysterious reverence I deem) So much delights me, as those graceful acts, Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all her words and actions, mixt with Love And sweet compliance, which declare unfeign'd Union of Mind, or in us both one Soule; Harmonie to behold in wedded pair More grateful then harmonious sound to the eare.

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It is a relationship between a man and a woman that exceed procreation but to love and for companionship.

Would You Marry A Spouse Who May Not Bear A Child?

The world marked Valentine's Day yesterday and that didn't escape the Ghanaian songstress to also publicly celebrate the man who placed a life seed on her procreation farm, leading to their first child, whom she described as 'mini Becca'.

I knew you were my dream man when I first saw you -Becca on when she met her husband

Reassembling Motherhood: Procreation and Care in a Globalized World.

Yasmine Ergas, Jane Jenson, & Sonya Michel (Eds.)

Sex without procreation gave way to its corollary: procreation without sex.

Pope Paul VI and his disturbing prophecies