reproducer

 [ree-pruh-doos, -dyoos]  

re·pro·duce

   [ree-pruh-doos, -dyoos] verb, re·pro·duced, re·pro·duc·ing.
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.
3.
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.
to produce, form, make, or bring about again or anew in any manner.
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6.
to recall to the mind or have a mental image of (a past incident, scene, etc.), as by the aid of memory or imagination.
7.
to produce again, as a play produced at an earlier time.
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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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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Origin:
1605–15; re- + produce

Related forms
re·pro·duc·er, noun
re·pro·duc·i·ble, adjective
re·pro·duc·i·bil·i·ty, noun
non·re·pro·duc·i·ble, adjective
self-re·pro·duc·ing, adjective
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un·re·pro·duc·i·ble, adjective
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Synonyms
3. generate, propagate, beget. 5. repeat. See imitate.

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reproducer (ˌriːprəˈdjuːsə)
 
—n
1.  a person or thing that makes reproductions
2.  a complete sound reproduction system
3.  another name for loudspeaker

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