[spore] n [NL spora seed, spore, fr. Gk, act of sowing, seed, fr. speirein to sow--more at sperm] (1836): a primitive usu. unicellular often environmentally resistant dormant or reproductive body produced by plants and some microorganisms and capable of development into a new individual either directly or after fusion with another spore -- spored adj
[2]spore vi spored ; spor.ing (1903): to produce or reproduce by spores