procreate

verb

/ˈprəʊkrieɪt/

[intransitive, transitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they procreate	/ˈprəʊkrieɪt/ /ˈprəʊkrieɪt/
he / she / it procreates	/ˈprəʊkrieɪts/ /ˈprəʊkrieɪts/
past simple procreated	/ˈprəʊkrieɪtɪd/ /ˈprəʊkrieɪtɪd/
past participle procreated	/ˈprəʊkrieɪtɪd/ /ˈprəʊkrieɪtɪd/
-ing form procreating	/ˈprəʊkrieɪtɪŋ/ /ˈprəʊkrieɪtɪŋ/

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procreate (something) to produce children or baby animals synonym reproduce
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin procreat- ‘generated, brought forth’, from the verb procreare, from pro- ‘forth’ + creare ‘create’.