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procreant

[ proh-kree-uh nt ]

/ ˈproʊ kri ənt /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR procreant ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

procreating or generating: a sufficiently procreant breed of fish; a procreant cause.

pertaining to procreation.

Origin of procreant

1580–90; < Latin prōcreant- (stem of prōcreāns), present participle of prōcreāre to breed. See procreate, -ant

OTHER WORDS FROM procreant

un·pro·cre·ant, adjective

Words nearby procreant

proconvertin, procopius, procrastinate, procrastination, procrastination is the thief of time, procreant, procreate, procreative, procrustean, procrustean bed, procrustes

Example sentences from the Web for procreant

The male incubates and rears the young; and the procreant habits seem altogether like those of Rhea americana.

Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) |P. L. Sclater
Seed time and harvest, as old as the procreant earth and as new as the latest sunrise, are his to conjure.

The Apple-Tree |L. H. Bailey
These squadrons use the carcase as a procreant cradle, and thus ensure the nourishment of the larvæ so soon as they are hatched.

The Dwelling House |George Vivian Poore
The strongest and most procreant contact is that which takes place between two creative minds.

Auguste Rodin |Rainer Maria Rilke

But this "procreant cradle" of a bird in the arms of the fanged desert growth softens its aspect a little.

The Last Harvest |John Burroughs