procreate
verb
pro·cre·ate
ˈprō-krē-ˌāt 
procreated; procreating
: to beget or bring forth (offspring) : propagate
: to beget or bring forth offspring : reproduce
Examples of procreate in a Sentence
Animals have a natural instinct to procreate.
the common perception that our Puritan forebears procreated more out of a sense of duty than from desire
Recent Examples on the Web
The rush to be in a relationship, the rush to be married, the rush to be in something because that's what you're taught to do, to have kids or procreate.
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Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
The rush to be in a relationship, the rush to be married, the rush to be in something because that's what you're taught to do — to have kids or procreate.
—Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
Politics Tim Ryan lost a Senate seat to J.D. Vance, but learned this: Vance really is ‘weird’
July 30, 2024
Vance’s openly crackpot assertion that people who do not procreate are somehow less sane, and less American, than people who do is most definitely weird.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
Instead, the males will just press their cloaca directly onto that of females, like the way that birds procreate.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2024
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Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
The rush to be in a relationship, the rush to be married, the rush to be in something because that's what you're taught to do — to have kids or procreate.
—Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
Politics Tim Ryan lost a Senate seat to J.D. Vance, but learned this: Vance really is ‘weird’
July 30, 2024
Vance’s openly crackpot assertion that people who do not procreate are somehow less sane, and less American, than people who do is most definitely weird.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
Instead, the males will just press their cloaca directly onto that of females, like the way that birds procreate.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2024
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procreate
verb
pro·cre·ate
ˈprō-krē-ˌāt
procreated; procreating
: to bring forth offspring : reproduce
Medical Definition
procreate
verb
pro·cre·ate
ˈprō-krē-ˌāt
procreated; procreating
: to beget or bring forth (offspring) : propagate
: to beget or bring forth offspring : reproduce
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