4. The principle of production.

Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed, Which may the like in

coming ages breed.

Waller.

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

the seed of David.

In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to any number

collectively, and admits of the plural form, though rarely used in the

plural.

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