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procreation

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pro·cre·ate  (prkr-t)
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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.procreationprocreation - 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 [ˌprəʊkriˈeɪʃən] n → procréation f
Procurator Fiscal [ˌprɒkjʊreɪtərˈfɪskəl] 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
procreation [ˌprəʊkrɪˈeɪʃ/ən] n → procreazione f


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" 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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