procreant

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It only becomes a thing of delight when Time is being borne to his tomb in eternity, for then the spirit of the Earth, man’s procreant mind, fills it with his own joyousness.

From Ideas of Good and Evil by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)

Cf. 'no jutty, frieze, buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle.'

From Quentin Durward by Scott, Walter, Sir

This wonderful procreant cradle, an elegant instance of the efforts of instinct, was found in a wheat-field, suspended in the head of a thistle.

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert

But he proved procreant and reared a goodly brood of sons and daughters—all much like himself, save one, the youngest son.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators by Hubbard, Elbert

In their procreant habits the uniformity is also very great.

From The Naturalist in La Plata by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)