Progenerate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To beget; to generate; to produce. transitive
"Nothing more than that which we can handle , cast down , bury ; and surely not he who is yet to progenerate a more numerous and far better race , than during the few years it was permitted us to converse with him."
Example
More examples"Nothing more than that which we can handle , cast down , bury ; and surely not he who is yet to progenerate a more numerous and far better race , than during the few years it was permitted us to converse with him."
Etymology
From Latin progeneratus, past participle of progenerare (“to beget”), from pro (“forth, forward”) + generare (“to generate”).
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