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procreative

[proh-kree-eyt]

pro·cre·ate

[proh-kree-eyt] verb, -at·ed, -at·ing.
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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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1530–40; < Latin prōcreātus, past participle of prōcreāre to breed. See pro-1, create

pro·cre·a·tion, noun
pro·cre·a·tive, adjective
pro·cre·a·tive·ness, noun
pro·cre·a·tor, noun
non·pro·cre·a·tion, noun
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non·pro·cre·a·tive, adjective
un·pro·cre·at·ed, adjective
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procreate (ˈprəʊkrɪˌeɪt)
 
vb
1.  to beget or engender (offspring)
2.  (tr) to bring into being
 
[C16: from Latin prōcreāre, from pro-1 + creāre to create]
 
'procreant
 
adj
 
'procreative
 
adj
 
procre'ation
 
n
 
'procreator
 
n

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procreate pro·cre·ate (prō'krē-āt')
v. pro·cre·at·ed, pro·cre·at·ing, pro·cre·ates

  1. To beget and conceive offspring; to reproduce.

  2. To produce or create; originate.


pro'cre·a'tion n.

procreative pro·cre·a·tive (prō'krē-ā'tĭv)
adj.

  1. Capable of reproducing; generative.

  2. Of or directed to procreation.

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