Definition of Reproduce

1. Verb. Make a copy or equivalent of. "Reproduce the painting"


2. Verb. Have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant. "The Bible tells people to procreate"
Exact synonyms: Multiply, Procreate
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Specialized synonyms: Propagate, Fructify, Set, Breed, Multiply, Brood, Cover, Hatch, Incubate
Generic synonyms: Create, Make
Derivative terms: Multiplication, Procreation, Procreative, Reproduction, Reproduction, Reproductive

3. Verb. Recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.. "Did he Reproduce his major works over a short period of time?"; "He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait"
Category relationships: Beaux Arts, Fine Arts
Generic synonyms: Re-create
Specialized synonyms: Catch, Get

4. Verb. Repeat after memorization. "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information"
Exact synonyms: Regurgitate
Generic synonyms: Echo, Repeat
Derivative terms: Regurgitation

Definition of Reproduce

1. v. t. To produce again.

Definition of Reproduce

1. Verb. to produce an image or copy of something ¹

2. Verb. (biology) to generate offspring (sexually or asexually) ¹

3. Verb. to produce again; to recreate ¹

4. Verb. to bring something to mind; to recall ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reproduce

1. produce [v -DUCED, -DUCING, -DUCES] - See also: produce

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reproduce

reprobationer
reprobationers
reprobations
reprobative
reprobatory
reprobe
reprobed
reprobes
reprobing
reprocess
reprocessed
reprocesses
reprocessing
reprocessor
reprocessors
reproduced
reproducer
reproducers
reproduces
reproducibilities
reproducibility
reproducibility of results
reproducible
reproducibles
reproducibly
reproducing
reproduction
reproduction cost
reproduction techniques

Literary usage of Reproduce

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"It is the culmination of individual growth, and until it is ready to reproduce it is incomplete, subject to change, and not an expression of the point to ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"create (contextual), reproduce (Moi.), produce (young), procreate, conceive (in the ... See CAUSE. generate, vi breed, reproduce, grow, produce, conceive, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Some curves reproduce themselves in their evolutes, notably Cycloid and Logarithmic Spiral, which latter inspired the engraving and epitaph on the tomb of ..."

4. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"He pretends to no discoveries, has taken no brief for or against the character it is his duty to reproduce, has set up no ..."

5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1889)
"... classes of facts prove the persistence of consciousness apparently lost: 1st. in many cases we can voluntarily reproduce the lost states; ..."

6. Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages by Salomon Reinach (1907)
"... CRETE, AND MYCEN/E Primitive Art in the Grecian Archipelago.—Its Tendency to reproduce the Human Form.— Schliemann's Excavations at Hissarlik (Tmu), ..."

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