2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  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. 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reproduce 
  v  1:  make  a  copy  of 
  2:  have  offspring  or  young  [syn:  {procreate},  {multiply}] 
  3:  recreate  an  idea,  mood,  atmosphere,  etc  as  by  artistic 
  means  "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}] 

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