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procreant en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin procreans.

Meanings

1. That procreates.
2. Of or pertaining to procreation; procreative.
   • It is the procreant and conservant cause, but no material of our Sanctification . 1990, David D. Hall, The Antinomian Controversy, 1636-1638: A Documentary History, page 102:
   • His pendent bed and procreant cradle c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi]:

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unprocreant

procreant en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin procreans.

Meanings

1. One who, or that which, procreates.
   • Leave procreants alone, and ſhut the dore, / Coffe, or cry hem, if any body come, […] c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 70:

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