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† proˈseminate, v. Obs.
[f. ppl. stem of L. prōsēmināre to sow, propagate: see pro-1 1 and seminate.]
trans. To sow, to propagate; to disseminate.
1657R. Carpenter Astrol. 36 These errours..procreated and proseminated by Astrologers. 1657–83Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. 222 To proseminate his curious cockles, dissensions, and factions..in this goodly plantation.
So † prosemiˈnation Obs., propagation by seed; spreading abroad as if sown, dissemination.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. v. vii. §4. 38 That first beginning of the vniuersall pro-semination of Mankind. a1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. iii. 79 The eternal succession of the Species, whether of Men, Animals, or Vegetables by natural propagation or prosemination. |