reproduce

reproduce
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. copy, duplicate; procreate, beget. See reproduction.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
1. [To make an exact copy]
Syn. copy, photocopy, photograph, photostat, Xerograph, Xerox (trademark), print, run off, mimeograph, multigraph, type, reprint, duplicate, clone, record, portray, transcribe, electrotype, stereotype, reimpress, restamp; see also copy 2 .
2. [To make a second time]
Syn. repeat, duplicate, replicate, re-create, recount, revive, reenact, redo, reawaken, relive, remake, reflect, follow, mirror, echo, reecho, represent.
3. [To multiply]
Syn. procreate, engender, breed, generate, propagate, fecundate, hatch, father, beget, impregnate, progenerate, Sire, repopulate, multiply, proliferate, give birth, spawn.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. copy duplicate, replicate, redo, photocopy, reprint, clone, imitate, counterfeit.
2. propagate breed, spawn, multiply, engender, procreate, proliferate.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To make a copy of: copy, duplicate, imitate, replicate, simulate. See SAME. 2. To produce sexually or asexually others of one's kind: breed, increase, multiply, procreate, proliferate, propagate, spawn. See REPRODUCTION.

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