spawned

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past simple and past participle of

to cause something new, or many new things, to grow or start suddenly:

The new economic freedom has spawned hundreds of new small businesses.

Her death spawned countless films and books.

(of a character or object in a video game) to appear for the first time; to make a character or object in a video game appear for the first time :

Unlike other entities, NPCs do not spawn naturally.

Items can be spawned at the start of a level.

to produce eggs:

The frogs haven't spawned yet.