Spawn /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Spawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Spawning

1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
2. To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.

   One edition [of books] spawneth another.

1. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
2. To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.

1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
2. Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
3. The buds or branches produced from underground stems. (Hort.)
4. The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi. (Bot.)