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progenerate

progenerate verb: to beget; to generate; to produce.

Verb

progenerate (third-person singular simple present progenerates, present participle progenerating, simple past and past participle progenerated)

  1. (transitive) To beget; to generate; to produce.
    • Nothing more than that which we can handle , cast down , bury ; and surely not he who is yet to progenerate a more numerous and far better race , than during the few years it was permitted us to converse with him.1824, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume I, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

progenerate meaning in Tamil

progenerate in Tamil

உருவாக்கு, படை, பெறு

Forms of progenerate

third-person singular presentprogenerates
present participleprogenerating
past participleprogenerated
pastprogenerated

Origin of progenerate

From Latin progeneratus, past participle of progenerare (“to beget”), from pro (“forth, forward”) + generare (“to generate”).

Questions about progenerate

What does progenerate mean?
Progenerate means to beget; to generate; to produce.
What is progenerate in Tamil?
Progenerate in Tamil is உருவாக்கு, படை, பெறு. See Progenerate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is progenerate?
Progenerate is a verb.
What is the past tense of progenerate?
The past tense of progenerate is progenerated.

Words near progenerate in the dictionary

  1. progelatinases
  2. progemmation
  3. progenate
  4. progenates
  5. progenation
  6. progenerate
  7. progenerated
  8. progenerates
  9. progenerating
  10. progeneration
  11. progenerations

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