procreate

English

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in the first part of the 15^th 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɹəʊkɹiˈeɪt/

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Verb

procreate (third-person singular simple present procreates, present participle procreating, simple past and past participle procreated)

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

Translations

to beget

Catalan: procrear (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 生育 (zh) (shēngyù), 生殖 (zh) (shēngzhí), 產生 / 产生 (zh) (chǎnshēng) Dutch: verwekken (nl) Finnish: hedelmöittää (fi), siittää (fi) French: procréer (fr) Galician: procrear (gl), facer fillos German: zeugen (de), sich fortpflanzen (de), sich vermehren (de) Italian: generare (it), procreare (it) Japanese: 生む (ja) (うむ, umu), 生殖する (ja) (せいしょくする, seishoku suru) Latin: prōcreō Macedonian: ра́ѓа (ráǵa), со́здава по́томство (sózdava pótomstvo) Ngazidja Comorian: uzaya Romanian: procrea (ro) Russian: производи́ть пото́мство impf (proizvodítʹ potómstvo), произвести́ пото́мство pf (proizvestí potómstvo), порожда́ть (ru) impf (poroždátʹ), породи́ть (ru) pf (porodítʹ), рожа́ть (ru) impf (rožátʹ), рожда́ть (ru) impf (roždátʹ), роди́ть (ru) pf (rodítʹ), производи́ть на свет impf (proizvodítʹ na svet), произвести́ на свет pf (proizvestí na svet) Sanskrit: जनयति (sa) (janayati) Spanish: procrear (es), reproducirse (es) Swedish: föröka (sv) sig, fortplanta (sv) sig

to procreate — see beget

Adjective

procreate (comparative more procreate, superlative most procreate) (obsolete)

1. (as a participle) Procreated, begotten.
   • 1533–4, First Succession Act (25 Hen. 8. c. 22):

     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; […]

   • 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:

     Some of these Kings, dying without procreate Heires.

Noun

procreate (plural procreates) (obsolete)

1. The produce of money, interest.
   • 1696, Samuel Jeake, Arithmetick Surveighed and Reviewed published, 578:

     If the Paiment be half Yearly or Quarterly […] let the Log. of the Yearly Procreat be multiplied accordingly, by ¹⁄₃ or ¹⁄₂.

Italian

Verb

procreate

1. inflection of procreare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative
   3. feminine plural past participle

Anagrams

• percoterà

Latin

Verb

prōcreāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of prōcreō

Spanish

Verb

procreate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of procrear combined with te