reproduce

reproduce (ˌriːprəˈdjuːs)

—vb
1.	to make a copy, representation, or imitation of; duplicate
2.	(also intr) biology to undergo or cause to undergo a process of reproduction
3.	to produce or exhibit again
4.	to bring back into existence again; re-create
5.	to bring before the mind again (a scene, event, etc) through memory or imagination
6.	(intr) to come out (well, badly, etc), when copied
7.	to replace (damaged parts or organs) by a process of natural growth; regenerate
8.	to cause (a sound or television recording) to be heard or seen

repro'ducible

—*adj*

repro'ducibly

—*adv*

reproduci'bility

—n

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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

again;" sense of "generation of living things" is from 1782; meaning "a copy" is from 1807.

American Heritage

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.

Example sentences

The capacity of these germs to reproduce themselves is enormous.

They found an animal that can reproduce only inside dead bodies.

The argument that being adept at music enhances one's ability to reproduce

isn't supported by the historical record.

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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Matching Quote

"These pages reproduce me very imperfectly, and there are many things in me of which I find no trace in them. I suppose it is because, in the first place, sadness takes up the pen more readily than joy; and, in the next, because I depend so much upon surrounding circumstances. When there is no call upon me, and nothing to put me to the test, I fall back into melancholy; and so the practical man, the cheerful man, the literary man, does not appear in these pages. The portrait is lacking in proportion and breadth; it is one-sided, and wants a center; it has, as it were, been painted from too near."

-Henri-Frédéric Amiel