REPRODUCE

reproduce, procreate, multiply

(verb) have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; “The Bible tells people to procreate”; “These bacteria reproduce”

regurgitate, reproduce

(verb) repeat after memorization; “For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information”

reproduce

(verb) make a copy or equivalent of; “reproduce the painting”

reproduce

(verb) recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.; “this DVD player reproduces the sound of the piano very well”; “He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

reproduce (third-person singular simple present reproduces, present participle reproducing, simple past and past participle reproduced)

(transitive) To produce an image or copy of.

(intransitive, biology) To generate offspring (sexually or asexually), or organisms.

(transitive) To produce again; to recreate.

(transitive) To bring something to mind; to recall.

Synonyms

• (printing): manifold

Anagrams

• procedure

Source: Wiktionary


Re`pro*duce" (r`pr-ds"), v. t.

Definition: To produce again. Especially: (a) To bring forward again; as, to reproduce a witness; to reproduce charges; to reproduce a play. (b) To cause to exist again. Those colors are unchangeable, and whenever all those rays with those their colors are mixed again they reproduce the same white light as before. Sir I. Newton.

(c) To produce again, by generation or the like; to cause the existence of (something of the same class, kind, or nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as offspring; as, to reproduce a rose; some animals are reproduced by gemmation. (d) To make an image or other representation of; to portray; to cause to exist in the memory or imagination; to make a copy of; as, to reproduce a person's features in marble, or on canvas; to reproduce a design.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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AGITATION

(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”


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