procreate

t. [Lat. procreatus, pa. par. of procreo: pro before, and creo =to create; Fr. pro créer; Sp. & Port. procrear; Ital. procreare.] To generate; to beget and produce; to engender. "Since the earth retains her fruitful power To procreate plants." Black more: Creation. IMG:content-1564.png:[blocks in formation] 1. English Law : A person employed to manage another's cause in a court of civil or ecclesiastical law. He answers to an attorney at common law. 2. English University : Two officials chosen from among the Masters of Arts to enforce the statutes, and preserve good order and discipline, by repre ing and summarily punishing disorder. 3. American Univ .: An executive officer whose duty it is to preserve order and enforce the laws of the institution. Proctors of the Clergy: Clergymen elected to represent cathedral or other collegiate churches, and also the common clergy of every diocese in Convocation. ( Eng .) proc-tõr, v. t. [PROCTOR, s.] To manage as a proctor or agent. "I cannot proctor mine own cause so well." War burton: On Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. proc-tõr-age (age as ig), s. [Eng. proctor ; -age.] Management by a proctor or other agent; "The fogging proctorage of money." -Milton : Of Refor mation in England , bk. ii. *pro-crě-āte, a. [Lat. procreatus.] [PROCRE management or superintendence generally. ATE, v.] Begotten. "Unprocreate Father, ever- procreate Son." Drummond: Hymn on the Fairest Fair. pro-cre-a-tion, *pro-cre-a-ci-on, s . [Fr., from Lat. procreationem , acc us. of procreatio , from pro creatus, pa. par. of procreo =to procreate (q.v.).] The act of procreating or generating; begetting and producing of young. "To enjoye a perpetuall societie in law full procreacion." -Joye: Expo sic i on of Daniel , ch. xii. prō-crě-ā-tive, adj. [Eng. procreat (e); -ive.] Having the power or property of generating; generative, productive. "That procreative light of heaven."- Hammond : Works , iv. 515. prō-crě-ā-tive-ne , subst . [Eng. procreative; -ne .] The quality or state of being procreative; power of generation; productivene . "These have reconciled the procreativene of corporeal, with the duration of incorporeal substances." Decay of Piety.