procreate

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  1. transitive verb To beget and conceive (offspring).
  2. transitive verb To produce or create; originate.
  3. intransitive verb To beget and conceive offspring; reproduce.

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  • Since homosexuals are unable to procreate, they will increase their population by tampering with children's minds. —  Sadly, No!
  • The Constitution guarantees people the right to procreate, and to not procreate.
  • Two billion years of evolution have programmed and commanded you to procreate, and that programming does not really care about your well-being, happiness or comfort. —  Your Moral Leader
  • We were partly drawn to adoption because it seemed less about our desire to procreate, and more about giving a home to a child who needed one. —  Peter's Cross Station
  • An unintended pregnancy is a result of having sex for reasons other than a desire to procreate, the outcome being a child has been conceived. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin prōcreāre, prōcreāt- : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + creāre, to create; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin procreatus, past participle of procreare (later Italian procreare = Spanish Portuguese procrear = French procréer), bring forth, beget, from pro, before, + creare, produce, create: see create.
 

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