'Reproduce' definitions:
Definition of 'reproduce'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting"
verb
Have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" [syn: reproduce, procreate, multiply]
verb
Recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.; "this DVD player reproduces the sound of the piano very well"; "He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait"
verb
Repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" [syn: regurgitate, reproduce]
Definition of 'Reproduce'
From: GCIDE
- Reproduce \Re`pro*duce"\ (r?`pr?-d?s"), v. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reproduce'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- be fruitful,
- be productive,
- bear,
- beget,
- blossom,
- breed,
- brew,
- burgeon,
- clone,
- come again,
- copy,
- develop,
- ditto,
- do a repeat,
- do again,
- do over,
- double,
- dupe,
- duplicate,
- echo,
- engender,
- facsimile,
- flourish,
- fructify,
- gather,
- geminate,
- generate,
- germinate,
- grow,
- grow up,
- hectograph,
- hypertrophy,
- imitate,
- increase,
- ingeminate,
- make over,
- manifold,
- match,
- mature,
- microcopy,
- microfilm,
- mimeo,
- mimeograph,
- multigraph,
- multiply,
- multiply by two,
- mushroom,
- outgrow,
- overdevelop,
- overgrow,
- overtop,
- parrot,
- Photostat,
- plagiarize,
- procreate,
- produce,
- proliferate,
- propagate,
- pullulate,
- quadruplicate,
- quote,
- re-create,
- re-form,
- rebuild,
- reconstitute,
- reconstruct,
- recreate,
- redesign,
- redo,
- redouble,
- reduplicate,
- reecho,
- reestablish,
- refashion,
- refound,
- regenerate,
- regurgitate,
- reincarnate,
- reinstitute,
- reissue,
- remake,
- renew,
- renovate,
- reorganize,
- repeat,
- replicate,
- reprint,
- reshape,
- restore,
- restructure,
- resurrect,
- revise,
- revive,
- say again,
- shoot up,
- simulate,
- spawn,
- spring up,
- sprout,
- sprout up,
- stat,
- teem,
- thrive,
- tower,
- trace,
- transcribe,
- triplicate,
- twin,
- upshoot,
- upspear,
- upspring,
- upsprout,
- vegetate,
- wax,
- Xerox