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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRO'CREATE, v.t. [L. procreo; pro and creo, to create.]
1. To beget; to generate and produce; to engender; used properly of animals.
2. To produce; used of plants, but hardly allowable.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" [syn: reproduce, procreate, multiply]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin procreatus, past participle of procreare, from pro- forth + creare to create — more at pro-, create Date: 1536 transitive verb to beget or bring forth (offspring) ; propagate intransitive verb to beget or bring forth offspring ; reproduce • procreation noun • procreative adjective • procreator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (often absol.) bring (offspring) into existence by the natural process of reproduction. Derivatives: procreant adj. procreative adj. procreation n. procreator n. Etymology: L procreare procreat- (as PRO-(1), creare create)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Procreate Pro"cre*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Procreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Procreating.] [L. procreatus, p. p. of procreare; pro forward, forth + create to create.] To generate and produce; to beget; to engender.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(procreates, procreating, procreated) When animals or people procreate, they produce young or babies. (FORMAL) Most young women feel a biological need to procreate. = reproduce VERB: V • procreation Early marriage and procreation are no longer discouraged there. = reproduction

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Generate, engender, beget, breed, propagate.

Moby Thesaurus

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