procreate

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌpɹəʊkɹiˈeɪt/

Definition of procreate

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To beget or conceive (offsprings).
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verb

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

adj

  1. (obsolete)Procreated, begotten.
    “Some of these Kings, dying without procreate Heires.”

noun

  1. (obsolete)The produce of money, interest.
    “If the Paiment be half Yearly or Quarterly […] let the Log. of the Yearly Procreat be multiplied accordingly, by ¹⁄₃ or ¹⁄₂.”

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Etymology

The adjective is first attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1525; inherited from Middle English procreat(e) (“(construed as past participle) begotten,…

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The adjective is first attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1525; inherited from Middle English procreat(e) (“(construed as past participle) begotten, procreated”), borrowed from Latin prōcreātus, perfect passive participle of prōcreō (“to beget”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3); by surface analysis, pro- + create. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

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