单词 | procreate |
释义 | † procreateadj.n. Obsolete. A. adj. Procreated, begotten (usually as past participle). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > begotten akennedeOE bikenneda1250 gottena1382 begottenc1384 engenderedc1425 bredc1440 procreate1449 propagate1543 procreated1552 progenerate1610 seminal1646 begot1691 proliferating1866 parented1904 1449 in Archaeologia (1880) 45 126 (MED) I forbede..that any issue that ys proceded or procreate..by my seid brother..shal enherite..any fote of my seid livelode. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 381 (MED) Diuerse kyndes of bestes..be procreate [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. beeþ kyndeliche i-gete; L. procreantur] of commixtion. a1500 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 272 (MED) Eue was procreat owt of Adams syde. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 22 §4 All the issue hade and procreate, or hereafter to be had and procreate bytwene your Highnes and..Quene Anne. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem i. 121 b Gif ane Burges..hes procreat bairnes with ilke ane of his wifes. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 170 Some of these Kings, dying without procreate Heires. 1670 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Reg. H) 20 July Cheildrein laufully procriatt betuixt..the said Johne Neilsone and hir. B. n. Interest generated by a sum of money. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > profit made by moneylender exchange1552 usury1567 procreatea1690 a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 578 If the Paiment be half Yearly or Quarterly,..let the Log. of the Yearly Procreat be multiplied accordingly by 1/ 2 or 1/ 4. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). procreatev. 1. transitive. To beget; to produce (offspring). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (transitive)] kenc825 begeteOE strenec893 raisec1175 breeda1250 kenec1275 felefolda1300 engendera1325 tiddera1325 multiplyc1350 genderc1384 producea1513 procreatea1525 propagate1535 generate1552 product1577 kind1596 traduce1599 pullulate1602 traduct1604 progenerate1611 store1611 spawna1616 spawna1617 reproduce1650 propage1695 to make a baby1911 a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 301/2 Adam of iijc & xxxti ȝeris procreat Seth of quhom com the sonnis of God. 1536 Act 28 Hen. VIII c. 7 § 5 That the issue borne and procreated under the same vnlawfull mariage..betwene your Highnes, and the said Lady Katheryne, shall be taken demed and accepted illegittimate to all ententes and purposes. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xvi. 927 Their..hope to procreate children. a1622 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses, Bk. Psalmes & Song of Songs (1627) 10/2 Here is meant, the naturall estate of life in this world, where men doe eat and drinke, procreate children, &c. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Reflect. Agric. xxi. 74 in Compl. Gard'ner Animals..do not Procreate their Like, but when they are in their Vigor. a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) i. 5 Four brothers and three sisters, procreated betwixt John Boston, and Alison Trotter, a woman prudent and virtuous. 1846 J. von Hammer tr. Evliya Çelebi Narr. Trav. I. ii. lxxx. 161 But above all, praise be to the Scombro, Nilúfer, and Rombo, because the man who eats them is fit to procreate his kind. 1869 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 5) iv. 104 A pair of animals, which produce..two hundred offspring, of which..only two on an average survive to procreate their kind. 1942 Times 18 Aug. 3/4 The system..left the shirkers and money-makers to stop at home and to procreate their kind. 1993 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 28 Feb. 5 A tendency to procreate more than one family simultaneously. 2. transitive. In extended use: to bring into existence, produce; to give rise to, occasion. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > produce or bring forth doeOE makelOE to bring forthc1175 farrow?c1225 childc1350 fodmec1390 raise1402 spring?1440 upbringc1440 breed1526 procreate1546 hatch1549 generate1556 product1577 deprompt1586 produce1587 spire1590 sprout1598 represent1601 effer1606 depromea1652 germinate1796 output1858 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. iii. 5 The Riuer Nilus, whiche for the lustye fatnesse of the slime, doeth procreat diuerse kyndes of beastes. 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. iii. f. 11v That cause efficient..doth either procreate or bring forth that which was not before, as God the worlde. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 46 Ormus..procreates nothing note-worthy, Salt excepted. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 305 The sides of Homogeneal Surdes multiplyed procreateth sides of Homogeneal Surdes. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) II. v. 41 The offspring of the sun, procreated..in the regions of the east. a1843 W. Allston Lect. on Art (1850) 66 We have never known but one result from this arbitrary union,—which is, to procreate words. 1881 A. Austin Savonarola iii. ix. 203 You are hale To common seeming, and might procreate still A lusty brood of fancies. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Compl. Poems (1993) 328 Does not a supreme Intellect ideally procreate the Universe? 1994 Times (Nexis) 5 May Gung Ho and Parenthood have procreated a television series each and Backdraft has generated a theme-park ride. 3. intransitive. To produce offspring. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (intransitive)] teemOE tidderOE breedc1200 felefolda1300 fructifya1325 creasec1380 multiplyc1390 engendera1400 fawn1481 procreate1576 propagate1601 generate1605 spawn1607 pullulate1618 populate1625 reproduce1650 prolify1660 1576 A. Fleming tr. I. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 36 Wee reede that..wolfes and dogges in Francia, couple and procreate. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 94 If that be..female which procreates in it selfe;..all plants are female. View more context for this quotation 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 380 (T.) The soil although incultivated, so full of vigour that it procreates without seed. 1712 D. Dickson Ess. Possibility Child's being born Alive 15 From this we have a clear Reason, why one Man may procreate with one Woman and not with another. 1792 A. Young Trav. France 408 Couples marry and procreate on the idea, not the reality, of a maintenance. 1838 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 733/1 They [sc. eagles] not only pair, but continue in pairs all the year round; and the same pair procreates year after year. 1897 Times 11 June 7/4 Unless some artificial means were employed, the worker would only receive just enough to exist and to procreate. 1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male viii. 263 No socio-sexual outlet is provided for the single male or for the widowed or divorced male, since they cannot legally procreate. 1997 Economist 1 Feb. 63/3 One doctor has coined the term ‘revenge fertility’ to describe what he believes is ethnic competition to procreate. Derivatives ˈprocreated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > begotten akennedeOE bikenneda1250 gottena1382 begottenc1384 engenderedc1425 bredc1440 procreate1449 propagate1543 procreated1552 progenerate1610 seminal1646 begot1691 proliferating1866 parented1904 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Procreated, procreatus. ?1660 T. Jordan Divinity & Morality f. §§§2v Admit your care be less, that y'are beguil'd The procreated Blessing of a child. 1864 R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine 10 An urgent demand for labour will increase the procreated supply. 1989 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 12 Feb. 3 c To many couples, a procreated child is the flesh-and-blood manifestation of their best hope for perpetuity. ˈprocreating adj. ΚΠ 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια v. v. 265 There are two faculties assistant to the procreating faculty. 1701 E. Sherburne tr. Seneca Medea iv. i, in tr. Seneca Trag. 69 Whate'er the Earth i'th' procreating Spring Begets, or in the Winter forth doth bring. 1871 J. Weiss Amer. Relig. x. 245 God is all the time premeditating the hands and feet, the senses of the body, the procreating and divining brain. 1986 J. Stacey in J. Mitchell & A. Oakley What Is Feminism? 218 She defines the..[nuclear family] as a unit in which the relationship of the procreating couple takes precedence over all others. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1449v.a1525 |
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