procreation
Meanings
Plural: procreations
Noun
- the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
- The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
- The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring
Origin / Etymology
Recorded since circa 1386, from Old French procreacion (14th century; Modern French procréation), from Latin procreatio (“generation”), the noun of action from procreare (“to bring forth (offspring)”), itself from pro- (“forth”) + creare (“to create”)
Synonyms
breeding, facts of life, reproduction
Scrabble Score: 15
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