procreate

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English

Etymology

From Latin prōcreō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpɹəʊkɹiˈeɪt/
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Verb

procreate (third-person singular simple present procreates, present participle procreating, simple past and past participle procreated)

  1. (transitive) To beget or conceive (offspring).
  2. (transitive) To originate, create or produce something.
  3. (intransitive) To reproduce.

Translations

to procreate — see beget

Italian

Verb

procreate

  1. inflection of procreare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person plural imperative
    3. feminine plural past participle

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

prōcreāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of prōcreō

Spanish

Verb

procreate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of procrear combined with te
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