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progenate

progenate verb: to have children.

Verb

progenate (third-person singular simple present progenates, present participle progenating, simple past and past participle progenated)

  1. (rare) To have children.

Noun

progenate (plural progenates)

  1. (rare) A progenitor; a direct ancestor.

Forms of progenate

Verb
third-person singular presentprogenates
present participleprogenating
past participleprogenated
pastprogenated
Noun
pluralprogenates

Origin of progenate

From progeny + -ate.

Words formed from progenate

Questions about progenate

What does progenate mean?
Progenate means to have children.
What part of speech is progenate?
Progenate can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of progenate?
The past tense of progenate is progenated.

Words near progenate in the dictionary

  1. progastrin
  2. progay
  3. progelatinase
  4. progelatinases
  5. progemmation
  6. progenate
  7. progenates
  8. progenation
  9. progenerate
  10. progenerated
  11. progenerates

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