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procreative

procreative adjective: having the power to beget; generative.

Adjective

procreative (comparative more procreative, superlative most procreative)

  1. Having the power to beget; generative.
    • The tortoise, with its characteristic protrusion of the head and neck, was a symbol sacred to Venus. It represented the procreative principle.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 235
    Synonyms:
    progenitive

Synonyms of procreative

Forms of procreative

comparativemore procreative
superlativemost procreative

Origin of procreative

From Latin prōcreātīvus. By surface analysis, procreate + -ive.

Words formed from procreative

Questions about procreative

What does procreative mean?
Procreative means having the power to beget; generative.
What part of speech is procreative?
Procreative is an adjective.

Words near procreative in the dictionary

  1. procreational
  2. procreationally
  3. procreationist
  4. procreationists
  5. procreations
  6. procreative
  7. procreativeness
  8. procreator
  9. procreators
  10. procreatory
  11. procreatress

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