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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. make a copy or equivalent of;
- Example: "reproduce the painting"

2. have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant;
- Example: "The Bible tells people to procreate"
[syn: reproduce, procreate, multiply]

3. recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.;
- Example: "this DVD player reproduces the sound of the piano very well"
- Example: "He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait"

4. repeat after memorization;
- Example: "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information"
[syn: regurgitate, reproduce]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reproduce v 1: make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting" 2: have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" [syn: reproduce, procreate, multiply] 3: 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" 4: repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" [syn: regurgitate, reproduce]