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Webster 1913 Edition


Reproduce

Reˊpro-duce′

(r?ˊpr?-d?s′)
,
Verb.
T.
To produce again.
Especially:
(a)
To bring forward again;
as, to
reproduce
a witness; to
reproduce
charges; to
reproduce
a play
.
(b)
To cause to exist again.
Those colors are unchangeable, and whenever all those rays with those their colors are mixed again they
reproduce
the same white light as before.
Sir I. Newton.
(c)
To produce again, by generation or the like; to cause the existence of (something of the same class, kind, or nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as offspring;
as, to
reproduce
a rose; some animals are
reproduced
by gemmation
.
(d)
To make an image or other representation of; to portray; to cause to exist in the memory or imagination; to make a copy of;
as, to
reproduce
a person’s features in marble, or on canvas; to
reproduce
a design
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reproduce

REPRODU'CE

,
Verb.
T.
[re and produce.] To produce again; to renew the production of a thing destroyed. Trees are reproduced by new shoots from the roots or stump; and certain animals, as the polype, are reproduced from cuttings.

Definition 2024


reproduce

reproduce

English

Verb

reproduce (third-person singular simple present reproduces, present participle reproducing, simple past and past participle reproduced)

  1. To produce an image or copy of something.
  2. (biology) To generate offspring (sexually or asexually), or organisms.
    Humans and other mammals reproduce with their genitals.
  3. To produce again; to recreate.
  4. To bring something to mind; to recall.

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Spanish

Verb

reproduce

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of reproducir.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of reproducir.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of reproducir.