procreative

  • 1Procreative — Pro cre*a tive, a. Having the power to beget; generative. Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2procreative — index causative, fertile, prolific Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3procreative — Having the power to beget or procreate. * * * pro·cre·ative prō krē .āt iv adj 1) capable of procreating: GENERATIVE 2) of, relating to, or directed toward procreation <the procreative process> <procreative instincts> …

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  • 4procreative — pro·cre·a·tive (prōʹkrē ā tĭv) adj. 1. Capable of reproducing; generative. 2. Of or relating to procreation: the procreative instinct. * * * …

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  • 5procreative — procreate ► VERB ▪ produce young. DERIVATIVES procreation noun procreative adjective. ORIGIN Latin procreare generate, bring forth …

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  • 6Procreative beneficence — is the moral obligation of parents to have the healthiest children through all natural and artificial means available. The term was coined by Julian Savulescu, a professor of applied ethics at St Cross College in Oxford.ee also*Bioethics… …

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  • 7procreative — adjective see procreate …

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  • 8procreative — adjective Having the power to beget; generative …

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  • 9procreative — Synonyms and related words: abecedarian, aboriginal, amorous, antenatal, autochthonous, beginning, budding, carnal, creative, elemental, elementary, embryonic, erogenic, erogenous, erotic, erotogenic, fecundative, fertilizing, fetal, fleshly,… …

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  • 10procreative — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Of or relating to reproduction: procreant, reproductive. See REPRODUCTION …

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