procreation

Etymology

Recorded since circa 1386, from Old French procreacion (14th century; Modern French procréation), from Latin procreatio (“generation”), the noun of action from procreare (“to bring forth (offspring)”), itself from pro- (“forth”) + creare (“to create”)

noun

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

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