"progenerate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: progenerates [present, singular, third-person], progenerating [participle, present], progenerated [participle, past], progenerated [past]
Etymology: From Latin progeneratus, past participle of progenerare (“to beget”), from pro (“forth, forward”) + generare (“to generate”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|progeneratus}} Latin progeneratus Head templates: {{en-verb}} progenerate (third-person singular simple present progenerates, present participle progenerating, simple past and past participle progenerated)
  1. (transitive) To beget; to generate; to produce. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-progenerate-en-verb-jSMxkGqP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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