Reproduce
[riːprə'djuːs] or [,riprə'dus]
Definition
(verb.) have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; 'The Bible tells people to procreate'.
(verb.) make a copy or equivalent of; 'reproduce the painting'.
(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'.
Typed by Chauncey--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To produce again.
(v. t.) To bring forward again; as, to reproduce a witness; to reproduce charges; to reproduce a play.
(v. t.) To cause to exist again.
(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.
(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.
Checker: Mae
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Generate, propagate, imitate, exhibit, represent, copy
ANT:Stifle, extinguish, exterminate, misrepresent, misportray
Typist: Ralph
Definition
v.t. to produce again: to form anew: to propagate: to represent.—n. Reprodū′cer one who reproduces: the diaphragm used in producing speech in the phonograph.—adj. Reprodū′cible.—n. Reproduc′tion the act of producing new organisms—the whole process whereby life is continued from generation to generation: repetition.—adj. Reproduc′tive tending to reproduce.—ns. Reproduc′tiveness Reproductiv′ity.—adj. Reproduc′tory.—Reproductive faculty the faculty of the association of ideas; Reproductive organs (bot.) the organs appropriate to the production of seeds or spines: (zool.) the generative system.
Edited by Amber
Examples
- The next step is to reproduce, as nearly as we can, the domestic circumstances which surrounded you last year. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I told him I had a machine that would record and reproduce the human voice. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Before its introduction it was not possible to reproduce cheaply in printers’ ink shaded pictures like photographs, brush drawings, paintings, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Play tends to reproduce and affirm the crudities, as well as the excellencies, of surrounding adult life. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The _Sequoia Gigantia_ reproduce from cones, while the redwoods reproduce from suckers that grow from the stump. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The diamond, which is an allotropic form of carbon, has hitherto resisted attempts to reproduce it of sufficient size to have a commercial value. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is hard enough, as things are, to reproduce in him the conditions as they existed, or nearly as they existed, last year. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They were then carried through the receiving armature and reproduced on the receiving diaphragm, with all the same characteristics of pitch, loudness and quality. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- That is as true of all the minute creatures that swarmed and reproduced and died in the Arch?ozoic and Proterozoic seas, as it is of men to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Newton in the next century, with the prism, decomposed light, and in a darkened chamber reproduced all the colours and tints of the rainbow. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Then I reproduced it so that it could be heard all over the room. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Edison's cylinder, on which the sounds were recorded and from which they were reproduced, was covered by tin foil. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Page, of America, in 1837, on the _Production of Galvanic Music_, in which was described how musical notes were transmitted and reproduced by an interrupted magnetic circuit. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was exactly reproduced in the dress he now wore. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Edison’s record was not for visual inspection, but was endowed with the mechanical function of reproducing sound. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Edison constructed a primitive machine capable of recording and reproducing sounds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Bell studied this closely, discussed it with Wheatstone, and decided that he would devote himself to the problems of reproducing sounds mechanically. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We must not forget that the basic patent of Edison on the phonograph has long since expired, thus throwing open to the world the wonderful art of reproducing human speech and other sounds. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- On reproducing it he said: 'I am satisfied, now. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In this way sound-waves similar to those caused by the original sounds would be set up in the air, thus reproducing the original speech. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Both the recording stylus and reproducing ball are made of sapphire, chosen on account of its hardness, to resist the great frictional wear to which they are subjected. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- They entirely forget that fiction is but a reflection of real life, and that man can imagine nothing, but merely reproduces what he sees around him. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- For this purpose an original record by suitable mechanism is made to take the place of the speaker or singer, and so multiplies and reproduces the original record. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The three _colour processes_ is the name given to the new offspring of the inventors which reproduces by the camera the natural colours of objects. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It takes twenty years or more before an ordinary human being in western Europe grows up and reproduces. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Moira