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单词 progenerate
释义

progenerateadj.1

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prōgenerātus, prōgenerāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin prōgenerātus, past participle of prōgenerāre progenerate v. Compare earlier regenerate adj., generate adj., and also progenerate v.
Obsolete. rare.
Used as past participle: propagated, begotten.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > begotten
akennedeOE
bikenneda1250
gottena1382
begottenc1384
engenderedc1425
bredc1440
procreate1449
propagate1543
procreated1552
progenerate1610
seminal1646
begot1691
proliferating1866
parented1904
1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God viii. ii. 300 Meanes for one thing to bee progenerate of another.
a1879 C. Wells Dramatic Scene in W. R. Nicoll Lit. Anecd. of Nineteenth Cent. (1895) 310 Hence 'tis a principle progenerate Of the eternal wisdom that the will..Is of a free unbiassed quality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

progenerateadj.2

Brit. /prəʊˈdʒɛn(ə)rət/, U.S. /prəˈdʒɛn(ə)rət/, /proʊˈdʒɛn(ə)rət/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pro- prefix1, degenerate adj. II.
Etymology: < pro- prefix1 + -generate (in degenerate adj. II.).
Advanced in development or type (opposed to degenerate).Apparently an isolated use.
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1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. 56 Our ‘degenerates’ may sometimes be in truth progenerate, and their perturbation may mark an evolution.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

progeneratev.

Brit. /prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnəreɪt/, U.S. /prəˈdʒɛn(ə)ˌreɪt/, /proʊˈdʒɛn(ə)ˌreɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prōgenerāt-, prōgenerāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin prōgenerāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of prōgenerāre to beget, give birth to < prō- pro- prefix1 + generāre generate v. Compare French †progenier to engender (1549 in Middle French). Compare earlier progeneration n., and also progenerate adj.1
transitive. To beget; to give birth to; (in extended use) to originate, give rise to. Also occasionally intransitive: to reproduce.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (transitive)]
kenc825
begeteOE
strenec893
raisec1175
breeda1250
kenec1275
felefolda1300
engendera1325
tiddera1325
multiplyc1350
genderc1384
producea1513
procreatea1525
propagate1535
generate1552
product1577
kind1596
traduce1599
pullulate1602
traduct1604
progenerate1611
store1611
spawna1616
spawna1617
reproduce1650
propage1695
to make a baby1911
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Progenier, to progenerate..young ones.
1647 Scots-mans Remonstr. 2 Our advancing towards England in that posture, was neither with an intent to enter the Kingdome as Enemies, nor any wayes seeking to progenerate a Warre between the two Nations.
1653 W. Harvey Anat. Exercitations xxxviii. 187 For they [sc. males] do all by an emission of something out of them..progenerate, and preserve their species.
1705 J. C. tr. P. Jurieu Crit. Hist. Doctr. & Worships Church I. i. xxviii. 273 The Stagg and the Horse begin to progenerate much about the same age.
1751 B. Holloway Originals Physical & Theol. II. 103 Wou'd..cease to produce, or progenerate any Thing at all.
1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. II. vi. 102 He who is yet to progenerate a more numerous and far better race.
1873 Times 15 Jan. 10/4 The abundance of gnats, hornets, and other insects progenerated in the swamps and morasses along the river side.
1905 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 26 440 Whether she was the daughter of Hekate.., or whether she was the offspring of a sea-monster, or lastly was not progenerated of either, she deserves to be recorded as a heroine of unusual celebrity.
1981 Sci. Amer. Apr. 6/1 That carefully defined quarter of psychology known as behavior analysis, which was progenerated by the famous Harvard psychologist B. F. Skinner almost 50 years ago.
2000 Philos. Sci. 67 Suppl. 361 The capacity to reproduce is the capacity to progenerate entities with the capacity to acquire the capacity to reproduce.

Derivatives

proˈgenerated adj. rare
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1770 T. Pownall Sepulchral Monument in Archaeologia (1773) 2 250 They were all progenerated colonies from a Scythian or Tartar race.
1835 D. P. Thompson Adventures Timothy Peacock xvi. 175 Freemasonry..begun its origin at a much more antiquated period of the universe even before progenerated man had heard the audible voice of the grand architect of the world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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