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Having a numerous offspring. [R.]

The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth. Bouvier.

Bearing offspring; -- applied to a flower from within which another is produced, or to a branch or frond from which another rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemmæ.

The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also quarteron, quarteroon, and quateron.]

To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring. He wants a father to protect his youth, And rear him up to virtue. Southern.

(something of the same class, kind, or nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as offspring; as, to reproduce a rose; some animals are reproduced by gemmation.

the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring.

A colloquial or humorous appelation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo.

Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.

A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother. Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son. Gen. xxi. 2.

To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.

Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens.

n individuals of the same variety but of another strain, gives vigor and fertility to the offspring. Darwin.

Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring. The female . . . is said to superfetate. Grew.

esult of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation. In then became a superfetation upon, and not an ingredient in, the national c…

gether sexually; -- said of animals during periods of procreation and while rearing their offspring. Morgan.

f having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto. Burrill.

The supposed influence of a father upon offspring subsequent to his own, begotten of the same mother by another father. -- Te*leg"o*nous (#), a.

rough a door; to go through an avenue. Through the gate of ivory he dismissed His valiant offspring. Dryden.