"reproduce" Definition

Definitions for the word "reproduce" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. t.
To produce again.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To bring forward again; as, to reproduce a witness; to reproduce charges; to reproduce a play.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To cause to exist again.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v.
(-cing) 1 produce a copy or representation of. 2 cause to be seen or heard etc. Again (tried to reproduce the sound exactly). 3 produce further members of the same species by natural means. 4 refl. Produce offspring. reproducible adj.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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