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Insemination

noun

The act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.).

The introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female.

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"Insemination" Quotes from Famous Books

... insemination, at first, so I understand. They brought their, ah, supply with them. But then there were boys among the first generation on the new planet and even the Amazonians weren't up to cold bloodedly butchering their children. So they ...

— Ultima Thule • Dallas McCord Reynolds

... direction, although the theologians were so keen to detect the mortal sin of lust. It is true that the Catholic insistence on the desirability of simultaneous orgasm was largely due to the mistaken notion that to secure conception it was necessary that there should be "insemination" on the part of the wife as well as of the husband, but that was not the sole source of the theological view. Thus Zacchia discusses whether a man ought to continue with his wife until she has the orgasm and feels satisfied, and he decides that that is the husband's duty; otherwise the ...

— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis

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