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单词 progeneration
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progenerationn.

Brit. /prə(ʊ)ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /prəˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/, /proʊˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1500s progeneracion, 1500s 1700s– progeneration.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prōgenerātiōn-, prōgenerātiō.
Etymology: < classical Latin prōgenerātiōn-, prōgenerātiō propagation < prōgenerāt- , past participial stem of prōgenerāre progenerate v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare later progenerate v.
The begetting of offspring; procreation, reproduction. Frequently in extended use.
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akenningOE
akennednessOE
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streningc1230
begetc1330
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engendrurec1350
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gettinga1382
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multiplicationa1387
increase1390
prolificationa1393
procreationc1395
engenderinga1400
gendrure?a1400
engendure?a1425
progeniturec1429
propagation?1440
teemingc1450
breeda1500
geniturea1500
engenderment1507
progeneration1548
fathering1549
engender1556
race1561
multiplying1599
pullulation1641
progermination1648
reproduction1713
face-making1785
baby-making1827
begettal1864
fertility1866
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xx. f. clxi Mankynde cannot by any other possible meanes bee continued in progeneracion of issue.
1652 Liber Patris Sapientiæ in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 199 Sche ys a very frendly mixar, The progeneration of a greate Elixar.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Progeneration, a breeding or bringing forth.
1763 tr. P. Portal Compl. Pract. Midwives xxx. 113 We..looked for the seminal vessels, but found nothing of them, nor any other part belonging to progeneration.
1868 De Bow's Rev. Aug. 724 All our modern family associations are invariably directed in the same uniform channel of greater preservation of the pure Caucasian progeneration.
1908 Gazette (Stevens Point, Wisconsin) 19 Feb. ii. 9/4 Burbank, understanding the laws of progeneration and properly directing these laws, has brought into existence highest perfection in plant life.
1960 Times 30 Dec. 3/4 The act of setting words to music is..like the progeneration of children by two parents whose individual characteristics are blended diversely in..their offspring.
2000 Philos. Sci. 67 Suppl. 361 Special or developmental progeneration is multiplication with material overlap of mechanisms conferring the capacity to develop.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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