Definition of procreate in English:

procreate

verb ˈprəʊkrɪeɪtˈproʊkriˌeɪt

[no object]

(of people or animals) produce young; reproduce.
（人，动物）生育；生殖，繁殖
species that procreate by copulation
以交媾形式繁殖后代的物种。
Example sentencesExamples
- The clearing out of the infant nasal passages is not something I signed up for when I acted on my biological urge to procreate.
- The stork had just procreated and was spreading its wings over the helpless little creatures in the nest to protect them from the scorching late-June sun.
- The ennui among young Germans is such that couples cannot be bothered to procreate in numbers sufficient to sustain the population.
- Even animals have their mates, although some just procreate and leave.
- That aside from merely procreating, the mind feels the need to love, to be nurtured and touched.
- The termination of menstruation means the ending of a woman's biological obligation to procreate.
- The new dilemma began to snowball ever since insects known as junebugs, commenced to procreating and growing in size at an alarming rate.
- I think it's harder for women because we were not put on this earth to be business people, we were put on earth to procreate and some of us have procreated and also been good in business.
- It's not clear why straight couples would stop procreating, or even procreate less, if gay couples could marry.
- Surely it's too anthropomorphic to assume that insects or even pigs or apes know they're procreating?
- Citing a pattern of negligence and drug abuse that has left a couple unable to care for their children, a judge in upstate New York last week barred the couple from procreating until they prove they can take care of their offspring.
- A common argument against gay marriage is that marriage is for procreation and gay couples cannot procreate.
- Parenting is possibly an irrational vocation, but humanity keeps breeding and procreating.
- The difference between breast feeding and procreating in public is that one can usually wait a reasonable amount of time to do the latter, while a hungry baby should have to wait for no-one!
- These friendly, sometimes unfriendly canines, wandered the streets and procreated freely and ate any scraps thrown onto the ground or stole the offerings laid out each morning.
- It seems that the sole purpose for an animal's existence is to mate and procreate for the survival of their species.
- It would have been a simpler world, plus it would have doubled our species capacity to procreate and survive.
- The Rome-based gynaecologist first came to world attention after injecting sperm into the female egg to help men with very low sperm counts procreate.
- There was no pleasure or love in the gesture at all - just a barbaric ritual that her species seemed to perform in order to procreate.
- We have our very basic nature still intact, eating, sleeping and procreating but it is the unseen internal struggle for knowledge that makes us the truly remarkable beings that we are.
Synonyms
produce offspring, reproduce, multiply, propagate, breed
bring young into the world, father offspring, sire offspring
literary beget offspring

Derivatives

procreant

adjective ˈprəʊkrɪəntˈproʊkriənt

archaic

Relating to reproduction.
the procreant urge of the world
Example sentencesExamples
- Apparently, he feels a similarly procreant urge to capture these brief moments of life that seem to be outside of ordinary reality.
- In ‘Canto LXXXI,’ this Vision is lifted to lowly apogee and procreant climax in stanzas which have since become Pound's signature perfection.

procreative

adjective ˌprəʊkrɪˈeɪtɪvˈproʊkriˌeɪdɪv

Like all animals, we enjoy the procreative instinct, which cannot be harnessed by the too expensive condoms or medicines.
Example sentencesExamples
- They condemned and occasionally punished homosexual behavior as a sin, a deviation from the procreative function of sexuality.
- Therefore a primary demand is that women regain greater autonomy with regard to their sexuality and procreative capacities.
- Yet despite their inherent or explicit rejection of the procreative marital duty, humans continue to procreate and marriage continues to be the normative situs for procreation.
- In Indigenous societies like the Anishnaabe, the earth and all who dwell within it contain a ‘manitou,’ a vibrant energy that is creative and procreative, and thus sexual.

procreator

noun ˌprəʊkrɪˈeɪtəˈproʊkriˌeɪdər

Not only do the procreators ensure that there will still be an America after they're dead, but these benefits also provide much-needed incentives to undertake the sacrifices inherent in such an enterprise.
Example sentencesExamples
- The mudra represents the union of the sexes with Vairocana as the procreator.
- Simultaneously, he is also echoing an image of the primordial cosmogonie child identity of the primal cosmic man, the universal procreator.
- Even healthy Bactrian camels are meager procreators because the birth of a single camel requires a 14-month gestation period.
- And then the child runs off and his procreators are left to face the ‘empty nest’.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin procreat- 'generated, brought forth', from the verb procreare, from pro- 'forth' + creare 'create'.

Definition of procreate in US English:

procreate

verbˈprōkrēˌātˈproʊkriˌeɪt

[no object]

(of people or animals) produce young; reproduce.
（人，动物）生育；生殖，繁殖
species that procreate by copulation
以交媾形式繁殖后代的物种。
Example sentencesExamples
- A common argument against gay marriage is that marriage is for procreation and gay couples cannot procreate.
- Even animals have their mates, although some just procreate and leave.
- That aside from merely procreating, the mind feels the need to love, to be nurtured and touched.
- Parenting is possibly an irrational vocation, but humanity keeps breeding and procreating.
- Citing a pattern of negligence and drug abuse that has left a couple unable to care for their children, a judge in upstate New York last week barred the couple from procreating until they prove they can take care of their offspring.
- The Rome-based gynaecologist first came to world attention after injecting sperm into the female egg to help men with very low sperm counts procreate.
- The stork had just procreated and was spreading its wings over the helpless little creatures in the nest to protect them from the scorching late-June sun.
- The clearing out of the infant nasal passages is not something I signed up for when I acted on my biological urge to procreate.
- These friendly, sometimes unfriendly canines, wandered the streets and procreated freely and ate any scraps thrown onto the ground or stole the offerings laid out each morning.
- The termination of menstruation means the ending of a woman's biological obligation to procreate.
- There was no pleasure or love in the gesture at all - just a barbaric ritual that her species seemed to perform in order to procreate.
- The new dilemma began to snowball ever since insects known as junebugs, commenced to procreating and growing in size at an alarming rate.
- It's not clear why straight couples would stop procreating, or even procreate less, if gay couples could marry.
- It would have been a simpler world, plus it would have doubled our species capacity to procreate and survive.
- It seems that the sole purpose for an animal's existence is to mate and procreate for the survival of their species.
- The difference between breast feeding and procreating in public is that one can usually wait a reasonable amount of time to do the latter, while a hungry baby should have to wait for no-one!
- We have our very basic nature still intact, eating, sleeping and procreating but it is the unseen internal struggle for knowledge that makes us the truly remarkable beings that we are.
- The ennui among young Germans is such that couples cannot be bothered to procreate in numbers sufficient to sustain the population.
- Surely it's too anthropomorphic to assume that insects or even pigs or apes know they're procreating?
- I think it's harder for women because we were not put on this earth to be business people, we were put on earth to procreate and some of us have procreated and also been good in business.
Synonyms
produce offspring, reproduce, multiply, propagate, breed

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin procreat- ‘generated, brought forth’, from the verb procreare, from pro- ‘forth’ + creare ‘create’.

词汇	procreate
释义	Definition of procreate in English: procreate verb ˈprəʊkrɪeɪtˈproʊkriˌeɪt [no object] (of people or animals) produce young; reproduce. （人，动物）生育；生殖，繁殖 species that procreate by copulation 以交媾形式繁殖后代的物种。 Example sentencesExamples The clearing out of the infant nasal passages is not something I signed up for when I acted on my biological urge to procreate. The stork had just procreated and was spreading its wings over the helpless little creatures in the nest to protect them from the scorching late-June sun. The ennui among young Germans is such that couples cannot be bothered to procreate in numbers sufficient to sustain the population. Even animals have their mates, although some just procreate and leave. That aside from merely procreating, the mind feels the need to love, to be nurtured and touched. The termination of menstruation means the ending of a woman's biological obligation to procreate. The new dilemma began to snowball ever since insects known as junebugs, commenced to procreating and growing in size at an alarming rate. I think it's harder for women because we were not put on this earth to be business people, we were put on earth to procreate and some of us have procreated and also been good in business. It's not clear why straight couples would stop procreating, or even procreate less, if gay couples could marry. Surely it's too anthropomorphic to assume that insects or even pigs or apes know they're procreating? Citing a pattern of negligence and drug abuse that has left a couple unable to care for their children, a judge in upstate New York last week barred the couple from procreating until they prove they can take care of their offspring. A common argument against gay marriage is that marriage is for procreation and gay couples cannot procreate. Parenting is possibly an irrational vocation, but humanity keeps breeding and procreating. The difference between breast feeding and procreating in public is that one can usually wait a reasonable amount of time to do the latter, while a hungry baby should have to wait for no-one! These friendly, sometimes unfriendly canines, wandered the streets and procreated freely and ate any scraps thrown onto the ground or stole the offerings laid out each morning. It seems that the sole purpose for an animal's existence is to mate and procreate for the survival of their species. It would have been a simpler world, plus it would have doubled our species capacity to procreate and survive. The Rome-based gynaecologist first came to world attention after injecting sperm into the female egg to help men with very low sperm counts procreate. There was no pleasure or love in the gesture at all - just a barbaric ritual that her species seemed to perform in order to procreate. We have our very basic nature still intact, eating, sleeping and procreating but it is the unseen internal struggle for knowledge that makes us the truly remarkable beings that we are. Synonyms produce offspring, reproduce, multiply, propagate, breed bring young into the world, father offspring, sire offspring literary beget offspring Derivatives procreant adjective ˈprəʊkrɪəntˈproʊkriənt archaic Relating to reproduction. the procreant urge of the world Example sentencesExamples Apparently, he feels a similarly procreant urge to capture these brief moments of life that seem to be outside of ordinary reality. In ‘Canto LXXXI,’ this Vision is lifted to lowly apogee and procreant climax in stanzas which have since become Pound's signature perfection. procreative adjective ˌprəʊkrɪˈeɪtɪvˈproʊkriˌeɪdɪv Like all animals, we enjoy the procreative instinct, which cannot be harnessed by the too expensive condoms or medicines. Example sentencesExamples They condemned and occasionally punished homosexual behavior as a sin, a deviation from the procreative function of sexuality. Therefore a primary demand is that women regain greater autonomy with regard to their sexuality and procreative capacities. Yet despite their inherent or explicit rejection of the procreative marital duty, humans continue to procreate and marriage continues to be the normative situs for procreation. In Indigenous societies like the Anishnaabe, the earth and all who dwell within it contain a ‘manitou,’ a vibrant energy that is creative and procreative, and thus sexual. procreator noun ˌprəʊkrɪˈeɪtəˈproʊkriˌeɪdər Not only do the procreators ensure that there will still be an America after they're dead, but these benefits also provide much-needed incentives to undertake the sacrifices inherent in such an enterprise. Example sentencesExamples The mudra represents the union of the sexes with Vairocana as the procreator. Simultaneously, he is also echoing an image of the primordial cosmogonie child identity of the primal cosmic man, the universal procreator. Even healthy Bactrian camels are meager procreators because the birth of a single camel requires a 14-month gestation period. And then the child runs off and his procreators are left to face the ‘empty nest’. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin procreat- 'generated, brought forth', from the verb procreare, from pro- 'forth' + creare 'create'. Definition of procreate in US English: procreate verbˈprōkrēˌātˈproʊkriˌeɪt [no object] (of people or animals) produce young; reproduce. （人，动物）生育；生殖，繁殖 species that procreate by copulation 以交媾形式繁殖后代的物种。 Example sentencesExamples A common argument against gay marriage is that marriage is for procreation and gay couples cannot procreate. Even animals have their mates, although some just procreate and leave. That aside from merely procreating, the mind feels the need to love, to be nurtured and touched. Parenting is possibly an irrational vocation, but humanity keeps breeding and procreating. Citing a pattern of negligence and drug abuse that has left a couple unable to care for their children, a judge in upstate New York last week barred the couple from procreating until they prove they can take care of their offspring. The Rome-based gynaecologist first came to world attention after injecting sperm into the female egg to help men with very low sperm counts procreate. The stork had just procreated and was spreading its wings over the helpless little creatures in the nest to protect them from the scorching late-June sun. The clearing out of the infant nasal passages is not something I signed up for when I acted on my biological urge to procreate. These friendly, sometimes unfriendly canines, wandered the streets and procreated freely and ate any scraps thrown onto the ground or stole the offerings laid out each morning. The termination of menstruation means the ending of a woman's biological obligation to procreate. There was no pleasure or love in the gesture at all - just a barbaric ritual that her species seemed to perform in order to procreate. The new dilemma began to snowball ever since insects known as junebugs, commenced to procreating and growing in size at an alarming rate. It's not clear why straight couples would stop procreating, or even procreate less, if gay couples could marry. It would have been a simpler world, plus it would have doubled our species capacity to procreate and survive. It seems that the sole purpose for an animal's existence is to mate and procreate for the survival of their species. The difference between breast feeding and procreating in public is that one can usually wait a reasonable amount of time to do the latter, while a hungry baby should have to wait for no-one! We have our very basic nature still intact, eating, sleeping and procreating but it is the unseen internal struggle for knowledge that makes us the truly remarkable beings that we are. The ennui among young Germans is such that couples cannot be bothered to procreate in numbers sufficient to sustain the population. Surely it's too anthropomorphic to assume that insects or even pigs or apes know they're procreating? I think it's harder for women because we were not put on this earth to be business people, we were put on earth to procreate and some of us have procreated and also been good in business. Synonyms produce offspring, reproduce, multiply, propagate, breed Origin Late Middle English: from Latin procreat- ‘generated, brought forth’, from the verb procreare, from pro- ‘forth’ + creare ‘create’.
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