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UK
/pɹˌɒkɹiːˈeɪt/
]
[ 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 clearing out of the infant nasal passages is not something I signed up for when I acted on my biological urge to procreate.
- While priests were denied the right to marry and procreate, he said, their situation would remain impossible.
- Despite her age, the couple showed signs that they might procreate. SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
- Most young women feel a biological need to procreate.
- 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
- Despite her age, the couple showed signs that they might procreate. SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
- In the 1940s, the Court ruled that the right to procreate is a fundamental right and declared unconstitutional an Oklahoma law that required the sterilization of those convicted three times of crimes involving moral turpitude. The Conservative Assault on the Constitution
- The bible tells people to procreate.
- While priests were denied the right to marry and procreate, he said, their situation would remain impossible.