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offspring |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Offspring \Off"spring`\, n.sing. & pl [Off + spring.] 1. The act of production; generation. [Obs.] 2. That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock. To the gods alone Our future offspring and our wives are known --Dryden. 3. Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.] --Fairfax. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: offspring n 1: the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue" [syn: {progeny}, {issue}] 2: something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts" [syn: {materialization}] 3: any immature animal [syn: {young}]
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