procreate

verb

ˈprō-krē-ˌāt How to pronounce procreate (audio)
Definition of procreatenext
as in to reproduce
to bring forth offspring the common perception that our Puritan forebears procreated more out of a sense of duty than from desire

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Recent Examples of procreate Governments have responded with pleas and incentives to encourage families to procreate. — Angela Saini, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2024 As soon as the earth starts to shake, the pupfish dive to the depths of Devils Hole, with each male chasing a female pupfish to procreate as soon as physically possible. — Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 Likewise, how orcs procreate is not discussed anywhere in The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, but is mentioned almost as an aside in The Silmarillion. — Caitlin Penzeymoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024 Advertisement Yes, humans, like virtually every life form, have a need to procreate — but in aggregate, not individually. — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for procreate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procreate
  1. reproduce
  2. propagate
  3. multiply
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    — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of reproduce
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  • The agency was originally assigned three research categories including the study of waters and fish, fishing, and propagating fish as food for the nation.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Errors propagate down this chain of events resulting in situations where the initial objectives of a work assignment may need to be modified.
    — Mark Settle, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Definition of propagate
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  • Children are commonly taught to add, subtract and even multiply two numbers by stacking them, one on top of the other.
    — Cory Turner, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Specifically, your function has to be a polynomial — a combination of variables raised to whole-number exponents and multiplied by coefficients.
    — Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of multiply

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