Vocabulary : Procreative to Procrustesian

Procreative : Having the power to beget; generative.
Procreativeness : The power of generating.
Procreator : One who begets; a father or sire; a generator.
Procris : Any species of small moths of the genus Procris. The larvae of some species injure the grapevine by feeding in groups upon the leaves.
Procrustean : Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torture practiced by him; producing conformity by violent means; as, the Procrustean treatment; a Procrustean limit. See Procrustes.

Procrusteanize : To stretch or contract according to some rule or standard.
Procrusteanized : of Procrusteanize
Procrusteanizing : of Procrusteanize
Procrustes : A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes.
Procrustesian : See Procrustean.

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