Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of reproducing; generative.
- adjective Of or relating to procreation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the power or function of procreating; reproductive; generative; having the power to beget.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the power to beget; generative.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the power to
beget ; generative.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective producing new life or offspring
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Examples
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TOB only discusses the unitive aspect of Christian marriage, not the procreative, which is the primary end of marriage.
Christopher West: "I never said Hugh Hefner is a hero, never..." 2009
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Accusing the Church of focusing only on the procreative is a typically ignorant move.
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In middle life, or what might be called the procreative period of man, when the corona would seem to require all its excitability or sensitiveness, seems to be the very season in life when the glans is most apt to remain uncovered; so that nature and this hypothetical idea of the use of the prepuce are evidently at variance.
History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance Peter Charles Remondino 1886
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Roop did point out that using a stem cells that came from a biopsy from testicles would only benefit men, but because they are rooted in a sperm making cell, Roop says those cells have great "procreative" potential.
KUSA-TV - 2008
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Roop did point out that using a stem cells that came from a biopsy from testicles would only benefit men, but because they are rooted in a sperm making cell, Roop says those cells have great "procreative" potential.
KUSA-TV - 2008
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Why in a novel that so enthusiastically celebrates procreation does the narrative voice seem so suspicious of one half of the procreative equation?
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Will it be deemed a "fundamental" right under the rubric of personal privacy, procreative rights, etc.
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Brigitte said it would “be easier if we pretty much kept sex (versus complicated science) for procreative reasons”.
ProWomanProLife » Oh yes, that’s MUCH better than creating children the old-fashioned way 2009
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The subtle beauty of the unitive and procreative may or may not be appreciated by the Catholic mind in America, but perhaps we should not be quick to condemn those of different religious view who find that beauty surpassed by the perceived need to address a pandemic by means permitted in other faith traditions.
Social doctrine 2009
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It is preventing any form of procreative sex (or any touching of genitals other than for the purposes of hygiene*) outside of marriage that is their priority.
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