procreate
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kriˌeɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to beget or generate (offspring).
2.
to produce; bring into being.
verb (used without object)
3.
to beget offspring.
4.
to produce; bring into being.
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World English Dictionary
procreate (ˈprəʊkrɪˌeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to beget or engender (offspring) |
| 2. | (tr) to bring into being |
| [C16: from Latin prōcreāre, from | |
| 'procreant | |
| —adj | |
| 'procreative | |
| —adj | |
| procre'ation | |
| —n | |
| 'procreator | |
| —n | |
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Medical Dictionary
procreate pro·cre·ate (prō'krē-āt')
v. pro·cre·at·ed, pro·cre·at·ing, pro·cre·ates
To beget and conceive offspring; to reproduce.
To produce or create; originate.
pro'cre·a'tion n.
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Example sentences
The primitive part of our brains are hardwired to procreate and search for specific characteristics.
The funnels that create, don't procreate in the same dimension.
If you don't control their sources of food and water, rodents will procreate faster than you can trap them.
We can't export people as fast as they can procreate.
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