Spawned

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spawn \Spawn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spawned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Spawning}.] [OE. spanen, OF. espandre, properly, to shed,
     spread, L. expandere to spread out. See {Expand}.]
     1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
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     2. To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.
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              One edition [of books] spawneth another. --Fuller.
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