procreant

See also: procréant

English

Etymology

From Latin procreans.

Adjective

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

procreant (plural procreants)

1. One who, or that which, procreates.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 70:

     Leave procreants alone, and ſhut the dore, / Coffe, or cry hem, if any body come, […]

Anagrams

• copartner, per contra

Catalan

Verb

procreant

1. gerund of procrear

Latin

Verb

prōcreant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of prōcreō