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procreate en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌpɹəʊkɹiˈeɪt/
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Etymology
The adjective is first attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1525; inherited from Middle English procreat(e) (“(construed as past participle) begotten, procreated”), borrowed from Latin prōcreātus, perfect passive participle of prōcreō (“to beget”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3); by surface analysis, pro- + create. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Meanings
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(as a participle, obsolete) Procreated, begotten.
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; […]
1533–4, First Succession Act (25 Hen. 8. c. 22):Some of these Kings, dying without procreate Heires.
1632, William Lithgow, The totall discourse of the rare adventures & painefull peregrinations of long nineteen yeares travayles from Scotland to the most famous kingdomes in Europe, Asia and Affrica, IV. 170:
Forms
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procreate en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌpɹəʊkɹiˈeɪt/
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Etymology
The adjective is first attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1525; inherited from Middle English procreat(e) (“(construed as past participle) begotten, procreated”), borrowed from Latin prōcreātus, perfect passive participle of prōcreō (“to beget”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3); by surface analysis, pro- + create. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Meanings
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(obsolete) The produce of money, interest.
If the Paiment be half Yearly or Quarterly […] let the Log. of the Yearly Procreat be multiplied accordingly, by ¹⁄₃ or ¹⁄₂.
1696, Samuel Jeake, Arithmetick Surveighed and Reviewed published, 578:
Forms
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procreate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˌpɹəʊkɹiˈeɪt/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1525; inherited from Middle English procreat(e) (“(construed as past participle) begotten, procreated”), borrowed from Latin prōcreātus, perfect passive participle of prōcreō (“to beget”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3); by surface analysis, pro- + create. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Meanings
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(transitive) To beget or conceive (offsprings).
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(transitive) To originate, create or produce.
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(intransitive) To reproduce.
Forms
Deriveds
procreater · nonprocreating · unprocreated
Hypernyms
proliferate · copulate
Hyponyms
sire · mother · enwomb · father · womb · Of the father: · Of the mother: · inwomb · conceive
Synonyms
procreate · breed · beget
Translations (38)
de sich vermehren (to beget) · sv fortplanta sig (to beget) · ca procrear (to beget) · ru производи́ть на свет (to beget) · mk ра́ѓа (to beget) · ru роди́ть (to beget) · ja 生殖する (to beget) · ja 生む (to beget) · gl procrear (to beget) · ru производи́ть пото́мство (to beget) · ang tȳdran (to beget) · gl facer fillos (to beget) · it procreare (to beget) · ru порожда́ть (to beget) · ru породи́ть (to beget) · sv föröka sig (to beget) · ru рожда́ть (to beget) · sa जनयति (to beget) · zdj uzaya (to beget) · cmn 產生 /产生 (to beget) · ru произвести́ пото́мство (to beget) · es procrear (to beget) · ru произвести́ на свет (to beget) · cmn 生育 (to beget) · nl verwekken (to beget) · da avle (to beget) · it generare (to beget) · es reproducirse (to beget) · fr procréer (to beget) · fi hedelmöittää (to beget) · cmn 生殖 (to beget) · de sich fortpflanzen (to beget) · mk со́здава по́томство (to beget) · ro procrea (to beget) · fi siittää (to beget) · de zeugen (to beget) · la prōcreō (to beget) · ru рожа́ть (to beget)
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