procreant

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See also: procréant

English

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Etymology

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From Latin procreans.

Adjective

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procreant (comparative more procreant, superlative most procreant)

  1. That procreates.
  2. Of or pertaining to procreation; procreative.
    • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi]:
      His pendent bed and procreant cradle
    • 1990, David D. Hall, The Antinomian Controversy, 1636-1638: A Documentary History, page 102:
      It is the procreant and conservant cause, but no material of our Sanctification .

Noun

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procreant (plural procreants)

  1. One who, or that which, procreates.

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Verb

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procreant

  1. gerund of procrear

Latin

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Verb

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prōcreant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of prōcreō