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verb (used with object)
1.
to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
2.
to produce again or anew by natural process: to reproduce a severed branch.
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Biology. to produce one or more other individuals of (a given kind of organism) by some process of generation or propagation, sexual or asexual.
4.
to cause or foster the reproduction of (organisms).
5.
EXPANDto produce, form, make, or bring about again or anew in any manner.
verb (used without object)
8.
to reproduce its kind, as an organism; propagate; bear offspring.
9.
to turn out in a given manner when copied: This picture will reproduce well.
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Reproduce
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| single-celled colonial algae occurring in soil and on moist rocks and vegetation and also as a slime or scum on ponds and stagnant waters |
| pertaining to the production of or tending to produce male offspring |
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Example Sentences
- They don't know how old sea dragons must be to reproduce.
- Thereafter, microbes in the blood cannot reproduce and are killed.
- The theory of evolution suggests that nature selects for those traits that make us strong, fit and more likely to reproduce.
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Word Origin & History
reproduce
1611, "to produce again," from re- "again" + produce (v.), probably on model of Fr. reproduire (16c.). Sense of "make a copy" is first recorded 1850; that of "produce offspring" is from 1894. Reproductive in biological sense is recorded from 1836. Reproduction is attested from 1659, "act of creating
EXPAND again;" sense of "generation of living things" is from 1782; meaning "a copy" is from 1807.
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Medical Dictionary
reproduce re·pro·duce (rē'prə-d&oomacr;s', -dy&oomacr;s')
v. re·pro·duced, re·pro·duc·ing, re·pro·duc·es
To produce a counterpart, an image, or a copy of something.
To bring something to mind again.
To generate offspring by sexual or asexual means.
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