单词 | procreatory |
释义 | procreatoryadj. rare before 20th cent. Of or tending to procreation; procreative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > relating to genitala1382 generative?a1425 genitivea1500 procreatory1576 seminal1605 procreanta1616 younglinga1627 genitable1634 genial1652 spermatic1669 testiculatory1693 reproductive1746 generational1764 reproductory1831 genesial1848 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. iii. f.20 v Thus the wonderfull Creatour of Nature..put into all thinges yt were created, a power procreatorie [L. vim procreatricem], & the order of their encreasinge & propagation. 1977 Philos. East & West 27 241 Her tendency to use an organistic..or, biogenerative or procreatory model to understand the same relationship. 1999 Slavic & E. European Jrnl. 43 660 With part of the flesh taken from the procreatory organ, the sexual sphere of the human body maintains a link to the metaphysical. 2002 L. Morrell Golden Lane vi. 165 There are hundreds if not thousands of totally unauthorized and highly immoral procreatory actions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1576 |
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