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spawn

  [spawn] ,
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–noun
1. Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
2. Mycology. the mycelium of mushrooms, esp. of the species grown for the market.
3. a swarming brood; numerous progeny.
4. (used with a singular or plural verb) any person or thing regarded as the offspring of some stock, idea, etc.
–verb (used without object)
5. to deposit eggs or sperm directly into the water, as fishes.
–verb (used with object)
6. to produce (spawn).
7. to give birth to; give rise to: His sudden disappearance spawned many rumors.
8. to produce in large number.
9. to plant with mycelium.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME spawnen (v.), prob. < AF espaundre (OF espandre) to expand

Related forms:
spawner, noun

Synonyms:
7. engender, generate, yield, beget.
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Word Origin & History

spawn  (v.)
1413, from Anglo-Fr. espaundre, O.Fr. espandre "to spread out, pour out," from L. expandere (see expand). The notion is of a "spreading out" of fish eggs released in water. The meaning "to engender, give rise to" is attested from 1594. The noun is first recorded c.1430; fig. sense of "brood, offspring" is from 1590.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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