procreate

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.

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

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pro′cre·ant (-ənt) adj.

pro′cre·a′tion n.

pro′cre·a′tor n.

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procreate

(ˈprəʊkrɪˌeɪt)

vb

1. to beget or engender (offspring)

2. (tr) to bring into being

[C16: from Latin prōcreāre, from pro-¹ + creāre to create]

ˈprocreant, ˈprocreˌative adj

ˌprocreˈation n

ˈprocreˌator n

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pro•cre•ate

(ˈproʊ kriˌeɪt)

v. -at•ed, -at•ing. v.t.

1. to beget or generate (offspring).

2. to produce; bring into being.

v.i.

3. to beget offspring.

[1530–40; < Latin prōcreātus, past participle of prōcreāre to breed. See pro-¹, create]

pro`cre•a′tion, n.

pro′cre•a`tive, adj.

pro′cre•a`tor, n.

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procreate

Past participle: procreated
Gerund: procreating

Imperative

procreate

procreate

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

procreate - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" reproduce, multiply biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms propagate - multiply sexually or asexually fructify, set - bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify" multiply, breed - have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" incubate, hatch, brood, cover - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

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procreate

verb (Formal) reproduce, mother, produce, father, breed, generate, sire, engender, propagate, beget, bring into being Most people feel a biological need to procreate.

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procreate

verb

1. To be the biological father of:

beget, breed, father, get, sire.

2. To produce sexually or asexually others of one's kind:

breed, increase, multiply, proliferate, propagate, reproduce, spawn.

3. To cause to come into existence:

beget, breed, create, engender, father, hatch, make, originate, parent, produce, sire, spawn.

Idiom: give birth to.

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Translations

fortpflanzen

procreare

procreate

[ˈprəʊkrɪeɪt] VT & VI → procrear

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procreate

[ˈprəʊkrieɪt] vi (= reproduce) → procréer

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procreate

vi → zeugen, sich fortpflanzen

vt → zeugen, hervorbringen

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procreate

[ˈprəʊkrɪˌeɪt] vi → procreare

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pro·cre·ate

v. engendrar, procrear, reproducir.

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