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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.

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