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Definition of procreant - 2 dictionary results

pro⋅cre⋅ant

  [proh-kree-uhnt]
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–adjective
1. procreating or generating: a sufficiently procreant breed of fish; a procreant cause.
2. pertaining to procreation.
Origin:
1580–90; < L prōcreant- (s. of prōcreāns), prp. of prōcreāre to breed. See procreate, -ant
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pro·cre·ate   (prō'krē-āt')   
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 prōcreāre, prōcreāt- : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + creāre, to create; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
pro'cre·ant (-ənt) adj., pro'cre·a'tion n., pro'cre·a'tor n.
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