procreated

verb

past tense of procreate
as in reproduced
to bring forth offspring the common perception that our Puritan forebears procreated more out of a sense of duty than from desire

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Recent Examples of procreated All of the above borrow from long-standing rumors that Hitler procreated, but all are united in their ultimate condemnation of the führer. — Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026 With lilting cadences, the king shares the origin myth of his Nkangala people, that a small elephant shed its skin while bathing in the river and a woman emerged, who married and procreated with his ancestors. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procreated
  1. reproduced
  2. propagated
  3. multiplied
  4. bred
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  • Numerical simulations reproduced the experimental results and indicated that nonreciprocal pair propulsion is the minimal mechanism needed to sustain the unusual cluster dynamics.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Your god-classes and workarounds become its conventions, reproduced fluently in every new file.
    — Evan J. Schwartz, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of reproduced
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  • The cuttings can be propagated in water until roots form to grow new plants.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026
  • However, when discussions are not grounded in evidence, misinformation can be propagated and can do real harm to the general public.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of propagated
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  • The architecture and core focus of planting community seeds remained constant even as the specific interventions multiplied and deepened.
    — Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Isolating each peak required constructing a very specific function that, when multiplied by the original fractal-like function, would pull out just the peak and be close to zero everywhere else.
    — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of multiplied
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  • Game fowl are bred for aggression by definition, said Jenny Berg, California state director of the Humane World for Animals, which worked with Rogers on the bill.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Both The Fallout and My Old Ass were 100 percent bred out of me freaking out and being anxious about something.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of bred

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