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Etymology
Recorded since circa 1386, from Old French procreacion (14th century; Modern French procréation), from Latin procreatio (“generation”), the noun of action from procreare (“to bring forth (offspring)”), itself from pro- (“forth”) + creare (“to create”)
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procreation (usually uncountable, plural procreations)
- The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
- The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring
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the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
— see also reproductionthe sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
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