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单词 procreatory
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procreatoryadj.

Brit. /ˈprəʊkrɪət(ə)ri/, /ˌprəʊkrɪˈeɪt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈproʊkriəˌtɔri/
Forms: 1500s procreatorie, 1900s– procreatory.
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: procreate v.; Latin prōcreāt- , prōcreāre , -ory suffix2.
Etymology: < procreate v. or its etymon classical Latin prōcreāt-, past participial stem of prōcreāre + -ory suffix2. Compare procreative adj., procreant adj.
rare before 20th cent.
Of or tending to procreation; procreative.
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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).
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