Sample sentences for PROCREATE

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Definition

to reproduce (children or offspring)

More rarely, procreate can mean to produce something other than children or offspring.

The mountain gorilla is an endangered species and doesn't procreate well in captivity.

Their population has been shrinking, so now the country has passed laws to encourage procreation.

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be
She seemed receptive, so I launched into my Don't Procreate with Losers speech. . . .
P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Marked

procreate = reproduce (have children)

Procreation will be an annual formality like the renewal of a ration card.
George Orwell -- 1984

He believed that mankind's ability to procreate is so great that there are always more children born than can survive.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
It is clear that each of the three stages of procreation represents an epoch in the development of the world.
Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces

But chiefly, the injury is symbolic of the destruction of possibilities, spiritual as well as procreative, accomplished by the war.
Thomas C. Foster -- How to Read Literature Like a Professor

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)

And did I want the Celestial Kingdom, anyway, where women are relegated to polygamy and procreation, gestating new souls to fill earthbound bodies?
Ellen Hopkins -- Burned

Baphomet's head was represented as that of a ram or goat, a common symbol of procreation and fecundity.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code

The Bureau is obsessed with procreation—with passing on genes.
Veronica Roth -- Allegiant

"In order to support and aid those men poorly equipped for procreation," Pilar said, "if there is nothing to see I am going."
Ernest Hemingway -- For Whom the Bell Tolls

It had to do with a grander scheme of procreation.
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice

He must have known what an oddity it was for a human and a vampire to procreate, so of course he would have wondered if Vlad was the Pravus.
Heather Brewer -- Tenth Grade Bleeds
And if it really was the end of the world, Lilly would be dead, so she'd never know her brother and I were procreating!
Meg Cabot -- The Princess Diaries
The ancients decorated their sarcophagi with symbols of life and procreation, some of them even obscene.
Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain

Some families grow on and on through the centuries, hardy and visible and procreative.
Joy Kogawa -- Obasan

He also stands against procreation regulation, gender adjustment, chemical balancing, and the gun ban.
J.D. Robb -- Naked in Death

That once seemingly eternal window of procreative opportunity was slowly lowering.
John Grogan -- Marley & Me

George built his blacksmith shop hard by the stone-and-log house in which Ida Rebecca ruled, and there he pursued a life of piety, toil, and procreation.
Russell Baker -- Growing Up

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