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▪ I. progenerate, ppl. a.|prəʊˈdʒɛnərət|
[In sense 1, ad. L. prōgenerāt-us, pa. pple. of prōgenerāre to beget, engender: see pro-1 and generate ppl. a. In sense 2, nonce-formation after degenerate.]
†1. Propagated, begotten. (Const. as pa. pple. = progenerated.) Obs. rare—1.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 300 Meanes for one thing to bee progenerate of another.
2. More advanced in development or type; opposed to degenerate.
1903Myers Human Personality I. 56 Our ‘degenerates’ may sometimes be in truth progenerate, and their perturbation may mark an evolution.
▪ II. proˈgenerate, v. ? Obs. rare.
[f. ppl. stem of L. prōgenerāre: see prec.]
trans. To beget, propagate, procreate. Hence proˈgenerated ppl. a.
1611Cotgr., Progenier, to progenerate..young ones. 1770in Archæologia (1773) II. 250 They were all progenerated colonies from a Scythian or Tartar race. 1824Landor Imag. Conv., Pericles & Soph. Wks. 1846 I. 145/2 He who is yet to progenerate a more numerous and far better race. |