duc-, -duce, -duct, -ducent, -ductor, -duction, -ductive, -ducer, -ducement, -ducation +
(Latin: to lead, leading; bringing; to take; to draw along or out)
reproduce
1. To bring again into material existence; to create or form anew; specifically, in biology to form (a lost limb or organ) afresh; to generate (new individuals).
2. To bring about again; to effect, exhibit, or present anew; to repeat in some fashion.
3. To repeat in a more or less exact copy; to produce a copy of (a work of art, picture, drawing, etc.), now especially, by means of engraving, photography, or similar processes.
4. To create again by a mental effort; to represent clearly to the mind.
reproducer
1. An audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound.
2. That which can produce again; for example, to produce (new individuals of the same kind) by a sexual or asexual process.
3. Something that can be cause something to exist again or to renew (reproduce water from steam).
4. That which can imitate closely (sound-effects can reproduce the sound of thunder).
5. Anyone, or anything, that makes a representation of (as an image or copy) or reproduces a face on canvas.
reproduction
1. The action or process of forming, creating or bringing into existence again.
2. The process, on the part of certain animals, of reproducing parts of the organism which have been destroyed or removed.
3. The process of producing new individuals of the same species by some form of generation; the generative production of new animal or vegetable organisms by or from existing ones; also, the power of reproducing in this way.
4. A copy or counterpart; in recent use especially, a copy of a picture or other work of art by means of engraving or some other process. Also, in more recent use, an article of furniture, etc., in a style reproduced from an earlier period.
reproductive
1. Of the nature of, pertaining to, or effecting, reproduction; such as, producing new life or offspring.
2. Relating to the reproduction of offspring by organized bodies.
reproductively
Relating to, or capable of reproduction; that is, the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring and which fundamentally consists of the segregation of a portion of the parental body by a sexual, or an asexual, process and its subsequent growth and differentiation into a new individual.
reproductivity
A reference to producing new life or offspring; such as, the reproductivity potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions; the reproductivity or regenerating of bodily organs.
seduce
1. To lead (a person) astray in conduct or belief; to draw away from the right or intended course of action to or into a wrong one; to tempt, to entice, or to beguile someone to do something wrong, foolish, or unintended.
2. Attract, win over, persuade, overcome resistance: "The homeless dog seduced us by whimpering and wagging its tail."
3. To induce (a woman) to surrender her chastity.
3. To lead astray from proper conduct, responsibility, loyalty, etc.
4. To entice someone to participate in sexual intercourse when not married; especially, for the first time.
seducement
1. The means employed to seduce; such as, by flattery, promises, deception, etc.; the arts of enticing or corrupting.
2. Something that tempts or persuades.
3. Seduction or the act of persuading someone to do something wrong: "It was obvious that it was an easy seduction into a life of crime."
4. Something that tempts, persuades, or attracts.
seducer
Someone who by temptation or arts, entices another person to depart from the path of rectitude and duty; pre-eminently, someone who by flattery, promises, or falsehood, persuades a female to surrender her chastity.
seduction
1. Allurement (to take some course of action).
2. The action or an act of seducing (a person) to err in conduct or belief.
3. The persuading (of a person, soldier, etc.) to desert his/her allegiance to something or someone; such as, the military service.
seductive
Tending to seduce; alluring, enticing; beguiling; captivating: "She had a seductive smile and she also wore a seductive dress."
seductively
In a tempting, seductive, manner: "The young woman seductively dressed so as to tempt men."
seductiveness
Causing people to do something that they would not usually consider doing by being very attractive and difficult to refuse; such as, a very low price for a new car.
seductress
A woman who seduces.
sialodochitis, sialoductitis
Inflammation of the salivary ducts.
Cross references of word families related to "bear, carry, bring":
-fer;
ger-;
later-, -lation;
phoro-;
port-.