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procreate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of procreate

to bring forth offspring

  • the common perception that our Puritan forebears procreated more out of a sense of duty than from desire
Synonyms of procreate

breed, multiply, propagate, reproduce
Words Related to procreate

bear, beget, engender, gender, generate, get, have, mother, parent, produce, sire

hatch, spawn

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