Pronunciations
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/ˌpɹəʊkɹiˈeɪt/
Verb
To beget or conceive (offsprings).
Usage- Transitive
To originate, create or produce.
Usage- Transitive
To reproduce.
Usage- Intransitive
Adjective
Procreated, begotten.
Usage- Obsolete
- as a participle
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More examples (1)
And furthermore, since many inconveniences have fallen, as well within this realm as in others, by reason of marrying within degrees of marriage prohibited by God's laws, that is to say, the son to marry the mother, or the stepmother, the brother the sister, the father his son's daughter, or his daughter's daughter, or the son to marry the daughter of his father procreate and born by his stepmother, or the son to marry his aunt, being his father's or mother's sister, or to marry his uncle's wife, or the father to marry his son's wife, or the brother to marry his brother's wife, or any man to marry his wife's daughter, or his wife's son's daughter, or his wife's daughter's daughter, or his wife's sister; […]
Some of these Kings, dying without procreate Heires.
Noun
The produce of money, interest.
Usage- Obsolete
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If the Paiment be half Yearly or Quarterly […] let the Log. of the Yearly Procreat be multiplied accordingly, by ¹⁄₃ or ¹⁄₂.
Verb
have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
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The Bible tells people to procreate
These bacteria reproduce