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UK
/pɹˌɒkɹiːˈeɪt/
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[ US /ˈpɹoʊkɹiˈeɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹoʊkɹiˈeɪt/ ]
VERB
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have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
The Bible tells people to procreate
These bacteria reproduce
How To Use procreate In A Sentence
- The ennui among young Germans is such that couples cannot be bothered to procreate in numbers sufficient to sustain the population.
- The childfree are a diverse group of people, much like the reasons behind the choice not to procreate; however, childfree people tend to be less conventional, more highly educated, and professional. BlogHer - Comments
- A small random gene which survived all, to become successful and clever and procreate a chromosome of me in her turn, that I might live on? SEA MUSIC
- After mere survival, the primary activity of life is to create more life, to extend itself, to keep going, to procreate.
- Having learned that lies procreate exponentially, Rosas was forced to implement some rules and demand discretion. HAVANA BEST FRIENDS
- Why do we breathe, why do we procreate?
- While priests were denied the right to marry and procreate, he said, their situation would remain impossible.
- Most young women feel a biological need to procreate.
- It would have been a simpler world, plus it would have doubled our species capacity to procreate and survive.
- A common argument against gay marriage is that marriage is for procreation and gay couples cannot procreate.