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• procreate — [prō′krē āt΄] vt., vi. procreated, procreating [< L procreatus, pp. of procreare, to procreate < pro , PRO 2 + creare, to CREATE] 1. to produce (young); beget (offspring) 2. to produce or bring into existence procreation n. procreative …   English World dictionary

• procreate — 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• procreate — procreation, n. procreative, adj. procreativeness, n. procreator, n. /proh kree ayt /, v., procreated, procreating. v.t. 1. to beget or generate (offspring). 2. to produce; bring into being. v.i …   Universalium

• procreate — To beget; to produce by the sexual act; said usually of the male parent. [L. pro creo, pp. creatus, to beget] * * * pro·cre·ate prō krē .āt vb, at·ed; at·ing vt to beget or bring forth (offspring): PROPAGATE vi to bege …   Medical dictionary

• procreate — pro•cre•ate [[t]ˈproʊ kriˌeɪt[/t]] v. at•ed, at•ing 1) dvl to beget or generate (offspring) 2) to produce; bring into being 3) dvl to beget offspring • Etymology: 1530–40; < L prōcreātus, ptp. of prōcreāre to breed. See pro I, create pro… …   From formal English to slang

• procreate — verb a) To beget or conceive (offspring). b) To originate, create or produce something …   Wiktionary

• procreate children — have children, produce children, produce offspring …   English contemporary dictionary

• procreate — [c]/ˈproʊkrieɪt / (say prohkreeayt) verb (procreated, procreating) –verb (t) 1. to beget or generate (offspring). 2. to produce; bring into being. –verb (i) 3. to beget young; reproduce. {Latin prōcreātus, past participle} –procreation… …  

• procreate — 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) …   Useful english dictionary

• Same-sex marriage and procreation — is an issue that lawmakers and judges have used to determine whether or not same sex marriage is legal. One such use occurred in the 2006 Washington state Supreme Court decision, Andersen v. King County [… …   Wikipedia

• generate — vb Generate, engender, breed, beget, get, sire, procreate, propagate, reproduce are comparable when they mean to give life or origin to or to bring into existence by or as if by natural processes. Generate, which means no more than this, is used… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms