n. Function: noun
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Synonyms: OFFSPRING , ||begats, brood, children, descendants, issue, posterity, progeniture, progeny, scions
2 a beginning or source from which something (as a conception) may later develop FF1C; the growing seeds of suspicion in her mind FF1E;
Synonyms: bud, embryo, germ, nucleus, spark
Related Words: rudiment; core, kernel; conceit, concept, conception, image, impression, notion