procreant

adj, noun — 3 senses

procreant

adj

Etymology From Latin procreans.

1

That procreates.

2

Of or pertaining to procreation; procreative.

  • His pendent bed and procreant cradlec. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi]:
  • It is the procreant and conservant cause, but no material of our Sanctification .1990, David D. Hall, The Antinomian Controversy, 1636-1638: A Documentary History, page 102:
Derived terms
unprocreant

procreant

noun

Etymology From Latin procreans.

1

One who, or that which, procreates.

  • Leave procreants alone, and ſhut the dore, / Coffe, or cry hem, if any body come, […]c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 70:

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