Crossword clues for procreant
procreant
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Procreant \Pro"cre*ant\, a. [L. procreans, p. pr. of procreare.
See Procreate.]
Generating; producing; productive; fruitful; assisting in
procreation. [R.] ``His pendent bed and procreant cradle.''
--Shak.
Procreant \Pro"cre*ant\, n. One who, or that which, procreates.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"fruitful," 1580s, from Latin procreantem (nominative procreans), present participle of procreare "to beget" (see procreation). As a noun from c.1600.
Wiktionary
a. 1 That procreates 2 Of or pertaining to procreation; procreative n. One who, or that which, procreates.
Usage examples of "procreant".
Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendant bed and procreant cradle.
For although that most just man, Job, was stricken, yet he was not so particularly or directly in respect of the procreant function.
Therefore when people joined in matrimony have for some sin been deprived of Divine help, God allows them to be bewitched chiefly in their procreant functions.
And as to men, first, how they can cast an obstructive spell on the procreant forces, and even on the venereal act, so that a woman cannot conceive, or a man cannot perform the act.
Bonaventura says that he obstructs the procreant function, not intrinsically by harming the organ, but extrinsically by impeding its use.
If with the permission of the just and secret judgement of God, through the arts of sorceresses and witches and the preparation of the devil, men are bewitched in their procreant function, they are to be urged to make clean confession to God and His priest of all their sins with a contrite heart and a humble spirit.