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Definition of Procreation

1. Noun. The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring.

Definition of Procreation

1. n. The act of begetting; generation and production of young.

Definition of Procreation

1. Noun. The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind ¹

2. Noun. The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Procreation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Procreation

Literary usage of Procreation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sex in Relation to Society by Havelock Ellis (1910)
"THE SCIENCE OF Procreation. The Relationship of the Science of Procreation to the Art of Love— Sexual Desire and Sexual Pleasure as the Conditions of ..."

2. Commentaries on the Law of Marriage and Divorce: With the Evidence, Practice by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1881)
"Without sexual intercourse," said Lord Penzance, " the ends of marriage, the procreation of children, and the pleasures and enjoyments of matrimony, ..."

3. Leviathan ; Or, The Matter, Forme & Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiasticall by Thomas Hobbes, Alfred Rayney Waller (1904)
"Of the NUTRITION and Procreation of a Common-wealth. THe NUTRITION of a Common-wealth consisteth, in the Plenty, and Distribution of Materials conducing to ..."

4. Institutes and History of Roman Private Law with Catena of Texts by Carl Salkowski, Edward Elihu Whitfield (1886)
"25. dissolution thereof.6 Only children begotten in wedlock have a father, and indeed, since the fact of procreation never can be discovered, the husband, ..."

5. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1839)
"OF THE NUTRITION, AND Procreation OF A COMMONWEALTH. The nonn»h- THE NUTRITION of a commonwealth consisteth, in 1"- the plenty, and distribution of ..."

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