progenerate
English
Etymology
From Latin progeneratus, past participle of progenerare (“to beget”), from pro (“forth, forward”) + generare (“to generate”).
Verb
progenerate (third-person singular simple present progenerates, present participle progenerating, simple past and past participle progenerated)
- (transitive) To beget; to generate; to produce.
- to progenerate a race
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for progenerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)