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From Old French procreacion, from Latin prōcreātiō (“generation”), the noun of action from prōcreāre (“to bring forth”), itself from prō- (“forth”) +‎ creāre (“to create”). First attested in c. 1386.

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procreation (usually uncountable, plural procreations)

1. The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
2. The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring

• reproduction

• propagation

• incorporate