procreate

[proh-kree-eyt] /ˈproʊ kriˌeɪt/
verb (used with object), procreated, procreating.
1.
to beget or generate (offspring).
2.
to produce; bring into being.
verb (used without object), procreated, procreating.
3.
to beget offspring.
4.
to produce; bring into being.
Origin
1530-40; < Latin prōcreātus, past participle of prōcreāre to breed. See pro-1, create
Related forms
procreation, noun
procreative, adjective
procreativeness, noun
procreator, noun
nonprocreation, noun
nonprocreative, adjective
unprocreated, adjective
Examples from the web for procreate
  • Pollen grains have been traveling via gusts of wind and animals since before the age of the dinosaurs, in an attempt to procreate.
  • The funnels that create, don't procreate in the same dimension.
  • It has found a temperate rainforest, with increasing temperatures, and now its spores are able to procreate.
  • And argue about human rights while ignoring that our own right to procreate is the biggest threat to these rights.
  • And the hormone need to procreate and build a family is not there.
  • And if you don't, here's hoping you don't get to procreate.
  • And the church always held that failure to procreate is not grounds to dissolve a marriage.
  • Instead, in time another two rocks can bang together to create another bag of chemicals that will eat, secrete and procreate.
  • Pathogens-those selfish beasts-will do anything to stay alive and procreate.
  • The primitive part of our brains are hardwired to procreate and search for specific characteristics.
British Dictionary definitions for procreate

procreate

/ˈprəʊkrɪˌeɪt/
verb
1.
to beget or engender (offspring)
2.
(transitive) to bring into being
Derived Forms
procreant, procreative, adjective
procreation, noun
procreator, noun
Word Origin
C16: from Latin prōcreāre, from pro-1 + creāre to create
Word Origin and History for procreate
v.

1530s, a back formation from procreation or else from Latin procreatus, past participle of procreare "to beget, bring forth" (see procreation). Related: Procreated; procreating.

procreate in Medicine

procreate pro·cre·ate (prō'krē-āt')
v. pro·cre·at·ed, pro·cre·at·ing, pro·cre·ates

  1. To beget and conceive offspring; to reproduce.

  2. To produce or create; originate.

pro'cre·a'tion n.