English Dictionary
Definition of “procreate”
procreate (ˈprəʊkrɪˌeɪt
)
Definitions
verb
- to beget or engender (offspring)
- (tr) to bring into being
Alternative Forms
ˈprocreant ˈprocreˌative adjective ˌprocreˈation noun ˈprocreˌator noun Word Origin
C16: from Latin prōcreāre, from pro-C16: from Latin from 1 + to create + creāre to create
Synonyms
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reproduce,
mother,
produce,
father,
breed,
generate,
sire,
engender,
propagate,
beget,
bring into being
Usage examples
You'd surely have to be drunk or desperate to want to procreate with The Crooked Sixpence's landlord.
Christina Jones, TICKLED PINK (2002)If your offal smells so bad that you kick it off of your plate, You then may survive and may procreate.
New Scientist (2004)What about Treasurer Peter Costello's call to Australians to go forth and procreate to shore up the country's population?
Courier, Sunday Mail (2004)Apparently too fat to procreate , they have to be manually "relieved" to facilitate artificial insemination.
Times, Sunday Times (2001)Here is our ability to come together and procreate , to `go forth and multiply': this is the power of our sexual energy.
Amoda, MOVING INTO ECSTASY: An Urban Mystic's Guide to Movement, Music and Meditation (2001)
