procreate
verb/ˈprəʊkrieɪt/
/ˈprəʊkrieɪt/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they procreate | /ˈprəʊkrieɪt/ /ˈprəʊkrieɪt/ |
| he / she / it procreates | /ˈprəʊkrieɪts/ /ˈprəʊkrieɪts/ |
| past simple procreated | /ˈprəʊkrieɪtɪd/ /ˈprəʊkrieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle procreated | /ˈprəʊkrieɪtɪd/ /ˈprəʊkrieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form procreating | /ˈprəʊkrieɪtɪŋ/ /ˈprəʊkrieɪtɪŋ/ |
- procreate (something) to produce children or baby animals synonym reproduceWord Originlate Middle English: from Latin procreat- ‘generated, brought forth’, from the verb procreare, from pro- ‘forth’ + creare ‘create’.
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