procreate
to beget or generate (offspring).
to produce; bring into being.
to beget offspring.
to produce; bring into being.
Origin of procreate
1Other words from procreate
- pro·cre·a·tion [proh-kree-ey-shuhn] /ˌproʊ kriˈeɪ ʃən/ noun
- pro·cre·a·tive, adjective
- pro·cre·a·tive·ness, noun
- pro·cre·a·tor, noun
- non·pro·cre·a·tive, adjective
- un·pro·cre·at·ed, adjective
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How to use procreate in a sentence
Rather, random mutations in the DNA that codes for long necks was eventually selected, mostly because those giraffes were the ones that survived and procreated.
These Mice Pups Inherited Immunity From Their Parents—But Not Through DNA | Shelly Fan | November 2, 2021 | Singularity HubThe things they do to survive and procreate are so fantastical and magnificent that it develops a sense of awe that you’re surrounded by these real stories of wild animals that are far more radical than our wildest science fiction.
How “My Octopus Teacher” Defied Convention - Issue 99: Universality | Brandon Keim | April 14, 2021 | NautilusHis rendering of a photorealistic portrait of Freeman was accomplished “using only a finger, an iPad Air, and the app procreate.”
This iPad Finger Painting of Morgan Freeman Is Amazingly Realistic | Chancellor Agard | December 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd no amount of married same-sexers can remotely be seen as threatening to those heteros who do wish to procreate.
Worn down by the rigors of slavery, the men lost their desire to procreate.
Will Lapid And Bennett Free Israel's "Chained Women"? | Tova Hartman, Charlie Buckholtz | March 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
We had no strong desire to procreate, and no strong need to avoid it.
Why I Choose to Be Child-Free: Readers Share Their Stories | Harry Siegel | February 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhere your value is determined by your willingness to procreate.
Why I Choose to Be Child-Free: Readers Share Their Stories | Harry Siegel | February 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs Braunitsch had put it so succinctly, "Even the lowest worm can procreate itself—unfortunately."
Men cannot give birth to a child, nor can they suckle a child; they can only procreate children, or become fathers.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert MollThey will obey and procreate, though the heavens roll up as a scroll and all things come to judgment.
The Kempton-Wace Letters | Jack LondonNatural inability at the time of the marriage to procreate children is a canonical disability.
Blondes ordinarily procreate blondes, and dark parents have dark-skinned children.
The Physical Life of Woman: | Dr. George H Napheys
British Dictionary definitions for procreate
/ (ˈprəʊkrɪˌeɪt) /
to beget or engender (offspring)
(tr) to bring into being
Origin of procreate
1Derived forms of procreate
- procreant or procreative, adjective
- procreation, noun
- procreator, noun
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