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Antonyms for reproduce


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ree-pruh-doos, -dyoos
Phonetic Transcription : ˌri prəˈdus, -ˈdyus



Definition of reproduce

Origin :
  • 1610s, "to produce again," from re- "again" + produce (v.), probably on model of French reproduire (16c.). Sense of "make a copy" is first recorded 1850; that of "produce offspring" is from 1894. Related: Reproduced; reproducing.
  • verb make more copies of
  • verb make something new; give birth
Example sentences :
  • The description of Ranelagh (in the chapter on Music) is too lengthy to reproduce.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • All else he gave up, to see and feel them so that he might reproduce them in his art.
  • Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
  • The photograph of the bull we reproduce was taken immediately after the adventure.
  • Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various
  • His constant aim is to reproduce his text in a pure and idiomatic Danish.
  • Extract from : « Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark » by Jens Christian Aaberg
  • There is then nothing to do but to reproduce the text of it with absolute fidelity.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the Study of History » by Charles V. Langlois
  • We reproduce from this quaint chap-book a picture of the ducking-stool.
  • Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
  • We reproduce an illustration of the execution from a print of the period.
  • Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
  • His pronunciation of English was so extravagant that I can't even attempt to reproduce it.
  • Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
  • We can reproduce the human machine, but we can not make it move.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various
  • I cannot reproduce the atmosphere of that night, the first night after mobilisation.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad

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