procreate

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To beget or conceive (offsprings).
2. (transitive) To originate, create or produce.
3. (intransitive) To reproduce.

Adj

Procreated, begotten.

Noun

The produce of money, interest.

Synonyms

reproduce

breed

beget

multiply

generate

engender

sire

produce

conceive

originate

impregnate

father

👨‍👦

make love

manufacture

propagate

spawn

whelp

yield

beget young

produce offspring

augment

bear children

bear out

born

🐣

bring forth

calve

derive

gender

give birth

give birth to

inbreed

lay

litter

Translations

procrear

procréer

procreare

zeugen

engendrar

generare

engendrer

doğurmak

fortpflanzen

procriar

erzeugen

reproducirse

riprodursi

concevoir

verwekken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌpɹəʊkɹiˈeɪt/

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.