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Dictionary: pro·cre·ate   (prō'krē-āt') pronunciation

v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

v.tr.
  1. To beget and conceive (offspring).
  2. To produce or create; originate.
v.intr.
To beget and conceive offspring; reproduce.

[Latin prōcreāre, prōcreāt- : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + creāre, to create.]

procreant pro'cre·ant (-ənt) adj.
procreation pro'cre·a'tion n.
procreator pro'cre·a'tor n.

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verb

  1. To be the biological father of: beget, breed, father, get, sire. See kin.
  2. To produce sexually or asexually others of one's kind: breed, increase, multiply, proliferate, propagate, reproduce, spawn. See reproduction/barrenness.
  3. To cause to come into existence: beget, breed, create, engender, father, hatch, make, originate, parent, produce, sire, spawn. Idioms: givebirthriseto. See make/unmake.

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v

Definition: bring into being
Antonyms: kill


Veterinary Dictionary: procreation
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The act of begetting or generating.

Translations: Procreate
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - frembringe
v. intr. - avle

Nederlands (Dutch)
verwekken, zich voortplanten

Français (French)
v. tr. - procréer
v. intr. - se reproduire

Deutsch (German)
v. - zeugen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - γεννώ, τεκνοποιώ

Italiano (Italian)
procreare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - procriar

Русский (Russian)
производить потомство

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - procrear
v. intr. - procrearse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avla, alstra

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
生, 产生, 生殖, 生育

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 生, 產生, 生殖
v. intr. - 生殖, 生育

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (자식을) 보다
v. intr. - 자손을 낳다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 産む, 生ずる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينجب, ينسل, ينتج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הוליד‬
v. intr. - ‮התרבה‬


 
 
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