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procreative

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin prōcreātīvus.[1] By surface analysis, procreate +‎ -ive.

Adjective

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procreative (comparative more procreative, superlative most procreative)

  1. Having the power to beget; generative.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 235:
      The tortoise, with its characteristic protrusion of the head and neck, was a symbol sacred to Venus. It represented the procreative principle.

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References

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  1. ^ “procreative, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Italian

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Adjective

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procreative

  1. feminine plural of procreativo

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