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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
procreate
 
SYLLABICATION:pro·cre·ate
PRONUNCIATION:  prkr-t
VERB:Inflected forms: pro·cre·at·ed, pro·cre·at·ing, pro·cre·ates
TRANSITIVE VERB:1. To beget and conceive (offspring). 2. To produce or create; originate.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To beget and conceive offspring; reproduce.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin prcrere, prcret- : pr-, forward; see pro–1 + crere, to create; see ker-2 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:procre·ant (-nt) —ADJECTIVE
procre·ation —NOUN
procre·ator —NOUN
 
 
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