procreation

pro·cre·ate (pr

)

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

v.tr.

1. To beget and conceive (offspring).

2. To produce or create; originate.

v.intr.

To beget and conceive offspring; reproduce.

[Latin prcrere, prcret- : pr-, forward; see pro-¹ + crere, to create; see ker-² in Indo-European roots.]

procre·ant (-

nt) adj.

procre·ation n.

procre·ator n.

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Noun

procreation - the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

facts of life, reproduction, breeding

sex, 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

Translations

procreation [ˌprəʊkrɪˈeɪʃən] N → procreación f

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

procreation

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

procreation [ˌprəʊkrɪˈeɪʃ/ən] n → procreazione f

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-gony breeding carnal knowledge coition coitus congress copulation crossbreeding facts of life fertilization generation gono- hank panky interbreeding intercourse mating Min miscegenation multiplication	" 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? Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context 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. Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context 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. A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context	proclitic Proclive proclivity Proclivous Proclus Procne Procnias procoagulant Procoele Procoelia Procoelian Procoelous proconsul Proconsular Proconsulate Proconsulship proconvertin Procopius procrastinate procrastination procrastinator Procrastinatory Procrastine Procreant procreate procreation procreative Procreativeness Procreator Procris Procrustean Procrustean bed procrustean rule procrustean standard Procrusteanize Procrustes Procrustesian procryptic proctalgia proctitis procto- Proctocele Proctodaeum proctodeum proctologist proctology proctoplasty proctor Proctorage Proctorial Proctorical	procrastinators procrastinators Procrastinators Club of America Procrastinators of America Procrastinatory Procrastinatory Procrastinaty Procrastinaty Procrastine Procrastrination Procrastrination procreant procreant procreant procreare procreare procreare procreate procreate procreate procreate procreated procreated procreated procreates procreates procreates procreating procreating procreating procreation Procréation Médicalement Assistée procreations procreations procreations procreative procreative procreative Procreativeness procreator procreator procreator procreators procreators procreators Procredit Bank Procris Procris Procrit Procrit Procrustean Procrustean Procrustean bed Procrustean bed procrustean rule procrustean standard Procrustean string Procrusteanize Procrustes Procrustes Procrustesian

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-gony
breeding
carnal knowledge
coition
coitus
congress
copulation
crossbreeding
facts of life
fertilization
generation
gono-
hank panky
interbreeding
intercourse
mating
Min
miscegenation
multiplication

" 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?

Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context

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.

Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context

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.

A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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