procreation
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Recorded since c.1386, from Old French procreacion (14th century; modern procréation), from Latin procreatio "generation", the noun of action from procreare "to bring forth" (offspring), itself from pro- "forth" + creare "to create"
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
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procreation (uncountable)
- The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
- The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring
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the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
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the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
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- Alphagram: aceinooprrt
- incorporate
