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procreate
[proh-kree-eyt]
verb (used with object)
to beget or generate (offspring).
to produce; bring into being.
verb (used without object)
to beget offspring.
to produce; bring into being.
procreate
/ ˈəʊɪˌɪ /
verb
to beget or engender (offspring)
(tr) to bring into being
Other Word Forms
- procreation noun
- procreative adjective
- procreativeness noun
- procreator noun
- nonprocreative adjective
- unprocreated adjective
- ˈdzԳ adjective
- ˈdzˌٴǰ noun
- ˌdzˈپDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of procreate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of procreate1
Example Sentences
But my time to procreate was running out.
“We don’t procreate enough to keep our population up,” she said.
Yes, humans, like virtually every life form, have a need to procreate — but in aggregate, not individually.
The pressure to procreate comes from so many directions I’m considering pitching a “Walking Dead” spinoff where the child free are the living and everyone else are zombies trying to turn us.
Vance is also, famously, a big fan of shaming women for not having babies, calling them "miserable cat ladies" and "sociopathic" if they haven't procreated.
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