[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]