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reproduce

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re·pro·duce  (rpr-ds, -dys)
v. re·pro·duced, re·pro·duc·ing, re·pro·duc·es
v.tr.
1. To produce a counterpart, image, or copy of.
2. Biology To generate (offspring) by sexual or asexual means.
3. To produce again or anew; re-create.
4. To bring (a memory, for example) to mind again; recall.
v.intr.
1. To generate offspring.
2. To undergo copying: graphics that reproduce well.

repro·ducer n.
repro·duci·bili·ty n.
repro·duci·ble adj.

reproduce
Verb
[-ducing, -duced]
1. to make a copy or representation of
2. Biol to produce offspring
3. to re-create
reproducible adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.reproduce - make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting"
produce, create, make - create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate, double - make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
duplicate - make a duplicate or duplicates of; "Could you please duplicate this letter for me?"
triplicate - reproduce threefold; "triplicate the letter for the committee"
quadruplicate - reproduce fourfold; "quadruplicate the bill"
reissue, reprint - print anew; "They never reprinted the famous treatise"
photocopy, xerox, run off - reproduce by xerography
play back, replay - reproduce (a recording) on a recorder; "The lawyers played back the conversation to show that their client was innocent"
imitate, simulate, copy - reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"
fingerprint - take an impression of a person's fingerprints
print - make into a print; "print the negative"
2.reproduce - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate"
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"
3.reproduce - recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.; "this DVD player reproduces the sound of the piano very well"; "He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait"
beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art
re-create - form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind; "His mind re-creates the entire world"
catch, get - apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs"
4.reproduce - repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information"
echo, repeat - to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders"

reproduce
verb 2. print, copy, transcribe
verb 3. Biology breed, produce young, procreate, generate, multiply, spawn, propagate, proliferate
Translations
Spanish reproduce [riːprəˈdjuːs] vtreproducir
vireproducirse

French reproduce [riːprəˈdjuːs] vtreproduire
vise reproduire

German reproduce [riːprəˈdjuːs] vtreproduzieren
vi (Biol) → sich vermehren

Italian reproduce [riːprəˈdjuːs] vtriprodurre
viriprodursi

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Whatever his outward demeanour may have been, his poetry gives us no indication of it, being full of delicate mysticism, almost impossible to reproduce in the English language.
" said the poet, "do you expect me to reproduce the entire poem from memory?
Civil power, properly organized and exerted, is capable of diffusing its force to a very great extent; and can, in a manner, reproduce itself in every part of a great empire by a judicious arrangement of subordinate institutions.
 
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