Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spawn
Participle: spawned
Gerund: spawning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | spawn |
| you | spawn |
| he;she;it | spawns |
| we | spawn |
| you | spawn |
| they | spawn |
Perfect
| I | have spawned |
| you | have spawned |
| he;she;it | has spawned |
| we | have spawned |
| you | have spawned |
| they | have spawned |
Past
| I | spawned |
| you | spawned |
| he;she;it | spawned |
| we | spawned |
| you | spawned |
| they | spawned |
Pluperfect
| I | had spawned |
| you | had spawned |
| he;she;it | had spawned |
| we | had spawned |
| you | had spawned |
| they | had spawned |
Future
| I | will spawn |
| you | will spawn |
| he;she;it | will spawn |
| we | will spawn |
| you | will spawn |
| they | will spawn |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spawned |
| you | will have spawned |
| he;she;it | will have spawned |
| we | will have spawned |
| you | will have spawned |
| they | will have spawned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spawn |
| you | spawn |
| he;she;it | spawn |
| we | spawn |
| you | spawn |
| they | spawn |
Perfect
| I | have spawned |
| you | have spawned |
| he;she;it | have spawned |
| we | have spawned |
| you | have spawned |
| they | have spawned |
Imperfect
| I | spawned |
| you | spawned |
| he;she;it | spawned |
| we | spawned |
| you | spawned |
| they | spawned |
Pluperfect
| I | had spawned |
| you | had spawned |
| he;she;it | had spawned |
| we | had spawned |
| you | had spawned |
| they | had spawned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spawn |
| you | would spawn |
| he;she;it | would spawn |
| we | would spawn |
| you | would spawn |
| they | would spawn |
Perfect
| I | would have spawned |
| you | would have spawned |
| he;she;it | would have spawned |
| we | would have spawned |
| you | would have spawned |
| they | would have spawned |
Imperative
| you | spawn |
| we | Let's spawn |
| you | spawn |
Verbs conjugated like 'spawn'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'spawn'
pawn,
span,
spawl,
brawn,
dawn,
despawn,
empawn,
fawn,
impawn,
jawn,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
- To generate; especially non-mammalian beings.
- die
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Recorded since 1413; from Middle English spawnen, from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Old French espandre, from Latin expandere (“stretch out; spread out”, verb). Doublet of expand. Compare also Middle English spalden, spolden, spawden (“to cut open (a fish)”). See: Anglo-Norman '
espaundre', Old French '
espandre'.
Sample Sentences
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But again: this class, together with that last one I have named, the miserable aristocracy spawned of a false republic, lift up their voices and exclaim ‘Public opinion is all-sufficient to prevent such cruelty as you denounce. ’ Public opinion ! Why, public opinion in the slave States is [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)