Spring SPRING, v.i. pret. sprung, [sprang, not wholly obsolete;] pp. sprung.
1. To vegetate and rise out of the ground; to begin to appear; as vegetables.
To satisfy the desolate ground, and cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth. Job 38.
2. To begin to grow.
The teeth of the young not sprung--
3. To proceed, as from the seed or cause.
Much more good of sin shall spring.
4. To arise; to appear; to begin to appear or exist.
When the day began to spring, they let her go. Judg 21
Do not blast my springing hopes.
5. To break forth; to issue into sight or notice.
O spring to light; auspicious babe, be born.
6. To issue or proceed, as from ancestors or from a country. Aaron and Moses sprung from Levi.
7. To proceed, as from a cause, reason, principle, or other original. The noblest title springs from virtue.
They found new hope to spring out of despair.
8. To grow; to thrive.
What makes all this but Jupiter the king, at whose command we perish and we spring.
9. To proceed or issue, as from a fountain or source. Water springs from reservoirs in the earth. Rivers spring from lakes or ponds.
10. To leap; to bound; to jump.
The mountain stag that springs from highth to highth, and bounds along the plains--
11. To fly back; to start; as, a bow when bent, springs back by its elastic power.
12. To start or rise suddenly from a covert.
Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring.
13. To shoot; to issue with speed and violence.
And sudden light sprung through the vaulted roof--
14. To bend or wind from a straight direction or plane surface. Our mechanics say, a piece of timber or a plank springs in seasoning.
To spring at, to leap towards; to attempt to reach by a leap.
To spring in, to rush in; to enter with a leap or in haste.
To spring forth, to leap out; to rush out.
To spring on or upon, to leap on; to rush on with haste or violence; to assault.
SPRING, v.t.
1. To start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth or from a covert; as, to spring a pheasant.
2. To produce quickly or unexpectedly.
The nurse, surprisd with fright, starts up and leaves her bed, and springs a light.
[I have never heard such an expression.]
3. To start; to contrive or to produce or propose on a sudden; to produce unexpectedly.
The friends to the cause sprang a new project.
[In lieu of spring, the people int he United States generally use start; to start a new project.]
4. To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine.
5. To burst; to cause to open; as, to spring a leak. When it is said, a vessel has sprung a leak, the meaning is, the leak has then commenced.
6. To crack; as, to spring a mast or a yard.
7. To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap; as, to spring a trap.
To spring a butt, in seamens language, to loosen the end of a plank in a ships bottom.
To spring the luff, when a vessel yields to the helm, and sails nearer to the wind than before.
To spring a fence, for to leap a fence, is not a phrase used in this country.
To spring an arch, to set off, begin or commence an arch from an abutment or pier.
SPRING, n.
1. A leap; a bound; a jump; as of an animal.
The prisner with a spring from prison broke.
2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by its elasticity; as the spring of a bow.
3. Elastic power or force. The soul or the mind requires relaxation, that it may recover its natural spring.
Heavns, what a spring was in his arm.
4. An elastic body; a body which, when bent or forced from its natural state, has the power of recovering it; as the spring of a watch or clock.
5. Any active power; that by which action or motion is produced or propagated.
--Like nature letting down the springs of life.
Our author shuns by vulgar springs to move the heros glory--
6. A fountain of water; an issue of water from the earth, or the basin of water at the place of its issue. Springs are temporary or perennial. From springs proceed rivulets, and rivulets united form rivers. Lakes and ponds are usually fed by springs.
7. The place where water usually issues from the earth, though no water is there. Thus we say, a spring is dry.
8. A source; that from which supplies are drawn. The real Christian has in his own breast a perpetual and inexhaustible spring of joy.
The sacred spring whence right and honor stream.
9. Rise; original; as the spring of the day. 1 Sam 9.
10. Cause; original. The springs of great events are often concealed from common observation.
11. The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and rise; the vernal season. This season comprehends the months of March, April and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator.
12. In seamens language, a crack in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely. [In the sense of leak, I believe it is not used.]
13. A rope passed out of a ships stern and attached to a cable proceeding from her bow, when she is at anchor. It is intended to bring her broadside to bear upon some object. A spring is also a rope extending diagonally from the stern of one ship to the head of another, to make on ship sheer off to a greater distance.
14. A plant; a shoot; a young tree. [Not in use.]
15. A youth. [Not in use.]
16. A hand; a shoulder of pork. [Not in use.]

spring n 1: the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year" [syn: spring, springtime] 2: a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed; "the spring was broken" 3: a natural flow of ground water [syn: spring, fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring] 4: a point at which water issues forth 5: the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length [syn: give, spring, springiness] 6: a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn: leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce] v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: jump, leap, bound, spring] 2: develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape" [syn: form, take form, take shape, spring] 3: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet] 4: develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak" 5: produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving"

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spring I. verb (sprang or sprung; sprung; springing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English springan; akin to Old High German springan to jump and perhaps to Greek sperchesthai to hasten Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. (1) dart, shoot <sparks sprang out from the fire> (2) to be resilient or elastic; also to move by elastic force <the lid sprang shut> b. to become warped 2. to issue with speed and force or as a stream <tears spring from our eyes> 3. a. to grow as a plant b. to issue by birth or descent <sprang from the upper class> c. to come into being ; arise <towns sprang up across the plains> d. archaic dawn e. to begin to blow — used with up <a breeze quickly sprang up> 4. a. to make a leap or series of leaps <springing across the lawn> b. to leap or jump up suddenly <sprang from their seats> 5. to stretch out in height ; rise 6. pay — used with for <I'll spring for the drinks> transitive verb 1. to cause to spring 2. a. to undergo or bring about the splitting or cracking of <wind sprang the mast> b. to undergo the opening of (a leak) 3. a. to cause to operate suddenly <spring a trap> b. to apply or insert by bending c. to bend by force 4. to leap over 5. to produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly 6. to make lame 7. to release or cause to be released from confinement or custody <sprung them from jail> Synonyms: spring, arise, rise, originate, derive, flow, issue, emanate, proceed, stem mean to come up or out of something into existence. spring implies rapid or sudden emerging <an idea that springs to mind>. arise and rise may both convey the fact of coming into existence or notice but rise often stresses gradual growth or ascent <new questions have arisen> <slowly rose to prominence>. originate implies a definite source or starting point <the fire originated in the basement>. derive implies a prior existence in another form <the holiday derives from an ancient Roman feast>. flow adds to spring a suggestion of abundance or ease of inception <words flowed easily from her pen>. issue suggests emerging from confinement through an outlet <blood issued from the cut>. emanate applies to the coming of something immaterial (as a thought) from a source <reports emanating from the capital>. proceed stresses place of origin, derivation, parentage, or logical cause <advice that proceeds from the best of intentions>. stem implies originating by dividing or branching off from something as an outgrowth or subordinate development <industries stemming from space research>. II. noun Usage: often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. a. a source of supply; especially a source of water issuing from the ground b. an ultimate source especially of action or motion 2. spring tide 3. a time or season of growth or development; specifically the season between winter and summer comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of March, April, and May or as reckoned astronomically extending from the March equinox to the June solstice 4. an elastic body or device that recovers its original shape when released after being distorted 5. a. the act or an instance of leaping up or forward ; bound b. (1) capacity for springing ; resilience (2) energy, bounce 6. the point or plane at which an arch or vault curve springs from its impost • springlike adjective III. transitive verb (sprung; springing) Date: 1884 to fit with springs

spring
v. & n.
--v. (past sprang or US sprung; past part. sprung)
1 intr. jump; move rapidly or suddenly (sprang from his seat; sprang through the gap; sprang to their assistance).
2 intr. move rapidly as from a constrained position or by the action of a spring (the branch sprang back; the door sprang to).
3 intr. (usu. foll. by from) originate or arise (springs from an old family; their actions spring from a false conviction).
4 intr. (usu. foll. by up) come into being; appear, esp. suddenly (a breeze sprang up; the belief has sprung up).
5 tr. cause to act suddenly, esp. by means of a spring (spring a trap).
6 tr. (often foll. by on) produce or develop or make known suddenly or unexpectedly (has sprung a new theory; loves to spring surprises).
7 tr. sl. contrive the escape or release of.
8 tr. rouse (game) from earth or covert.
9 a intr. become warped or split. b tr. split, crack (wood or a wooden implement).
10 tr. (usu. as sprung adj.) provide (a motor vehicle etc.) with springs.
11 a tr. colloq. spend (money). b intr. (usu. foll. by for) US & Austral. sl. pay for a treat.
12 tr. cause (a mine) to explode.
--n.
1 a jump (took a spring; rose with a spring).
2 a backward movement from a constrained position; a recoil, e.g. of a bow.
3 elasticity; ability to spring back strongly (a mattress with plenty of spring).
4 a resilient device usu. of bent or coiled metal used esp. to drive clockwork or for cushioning in furniture or vehicles.
5 a the season in which vegetation begins to appear, the first season of the year, in the N. hemisphere from March to May and in the S. hemisphere from September to November. b Astron. the period from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice. c (often foll. by of) the early stage of life etc. d = spring tide.
6 a place where water, oil, etc., wells up from the earth; the basin or flow so formed (hot springs; mineral springs).
7 the motive for or origin of an action, custom, etc. (the springs of human action).
8 sl. an escape or release from prison.
9 the upward curve of a beam etc. from a horizontal line.
10 the splitting or yielding of a plank etc. under strain.
Phrases and idioms:
spring balance a balance that measures weight by the tension of a spring. spring bed a bed with a spring mattress. spring chicken
1 a young fowl for eating (orig. available only in spring).
2 (esp. with neg.) a young person (she's no spring chicken). spring-clean n. a thorough cleaning of a house or room, esp. in spring.
--v.tr. clean (a house or room) in this way. spring fever a restless or lethargic feeling sometimes associated with spring. spring greens the leaves of young cabbage plants. spring a leak develop a leak (orig. Naut., from timbers springing out of position). spring-loaded containing a compressed or stretched spring pressing one part against another. spring mattress a mattress containing or consisting of springs. spring onion an onion taken from the ground before the bulb has formed, and eaten raw in salad. spring roll a Chinese snack consisting of a pancake filled with vegetables etc. and fried. spring tide a tide just after new and full moon when there is the greatest difference between high and low water. spring water water from a spring, as opposed to river or rain water. sprung rhythm a poetic metre approximating to speech, each foot having one stressed syllable followed by a varying number of unstressed.
Derivatives:
springless adj. springlet n. springlike adj.
Etymology: OE springan f. Gmc

spring (springs, springing, sprang, sprung) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Spring is the season between winter and summer when the weather becomes warmer and plants start to grow again. We met again in the spring of 1977. N-VAR 2. A spring is a spiral of wire which returns to its original shape after it is pressed or pulled. Both springs in the fuel pump were broken. N-COUNT 3. A spring is a place where water comes up through the ground. It is also the water that comes from that place. To the north are the hot springs of Banyas de Sant Loan. N-COUNT: usu pl 4. When a person or animal springs, they jump upwards or forwards suddenly or quickly. He sprang to his feet, grabbing his keys off the coffee table... Throwing back the sheet, he sprang from the bed... The lion roared once and sprang. VERB: V prep, V prep, V 5. If something springs in a particular direction, it moves suddenly and quickly. Sadly when the lid of the boot sprang open, it was empty. VERB: V adj 6. If one thing springs from another thing, it is the result of it. Ethiopia's art springs from her early Christian as well as her Muslim heritage... = stem VERB: V from n 7. If a boat or container springs a leak, water or some other liquid starts coming in or out through a crack. The yacht has sprung a leak in the hull. VERB: V n 8. If you spring some news or a surprise on someone, you tell them something that they did not expect to hear, without warning them. Mclaren sprang a new idea on him. VERB: V n on n 9. to spring to mind: see mind

spring ̈ɪsprɪŋ v. & n. --v. (past sprang or US sprung; past part. sprung) 1 intr. jump; move rapidly or suddenly (sprang from his seat; sprang through the gap; sprang to their assistance). 2 intr. move rapidly as from a constrained position or by the action of a spring (the branch sprang back; the door sprang to). 3 intr. (usu. foll. by from) originate or arise (springs from an old family; their actions spring from a false conviction). 4 intr. (usu. foll. by up) come into being; appear, esp. suddenly (a breeze sprang up; the belief has sprung up). 5 tr. cause to act suddenly, esp. by means of a spring (spring a trap). 6 tr. (often foll. by on) produce or develop or make known suddenly or unexpectedly (has sprung a new theory; loves to spring surprises). 7 tr. sl. contrive the escape or release of. 8 tr. rouse (game) from earth or covert. 9 a intr. become warped or split. b tr. split, crack (wood or a wooden implement). 10 tr. (usu. as sprung adj.) provide (a motor vehicle etc.) with springs. 11 a tr. colloq. spend (money). b intr. (usu. foll. by for) US & Austral. sl. pay for a treat. 12 tr. cause (a mine) to explode. --n. 1 a jump (took a spring; rose with a spring). 2 a backward movement from a constrained position; a recoil, e.g. of a bow. 3 elasticity; ability to spring back strongly (a mattress with plenty of spring). 4 a resilient device usu. of bent or coiled metal used esp. to drive clockwork or for cushioning in furniture or vehicles. 5 a the season in which vegetation begins to appear, the first season of the year, in the N. hemisphere from March to May and in the S. hemisphere from September to November. b Astron. the period from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice. c (often foll. by of) the early stage of life etc. d = spring tide. 6 a place where water, oil, etc., wells up from the earth; the basin or flow so formed (hot springs; mineral springs). 7 the motive for or origin of an action, custom, etc. (the springs of human action). 8 sl. an escape or release from prison. 9 the upward curve of a beam etc. from a horizontal line. 10 the splitting or yielding of a plank etc. under strain. øspring balance a balance that measures weight by the tension of a spring. spring bed a bed with a spring mattress. spring chicken 1 a young fowl for eating (orig. available only in spring). 2 (esp. with neg.) a young person (she's no spring chicken). spring-clean n. a thorough cleaning of a house or room, esp. in spring. --v.tr. clean (a house or room) in this way. spring fever a restless or lethargic feeling sometimes associated with spring. spring greens the leaves of young cabbage plants. spring a leak develop a leak (orig. Naut., from timbers springing out of position). spring-loaded containing a compressed or stretched spring pressing one part against another. spring mattress a mattress containing or consisting of springs. spring onion an onion taken from the ground before the bulb has formed, and eaten raw in salad. spring roll a Chinese snack consisting of a pancake filled with vegetables etc. and fried. spring tide a tide just after new and full moon when there is the greatest difference between high and low water. spring water water from a spring, as opposed to river or rain water. sprung rhythm a poetic metre approximating to speech, each foot having one stressed syllable followed by a varying number of unstressed. øøspringless adj. springlet n. springlike adj. [OE springan f. Gmc]

Spring In the spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove; In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. TENNYSON: Locksley Hall, Line 19. Come, gentle Spring, ethereal mildness, come; And from the bosom of your dropping cloud, While music wakes around, veiled in a shower Of shadowing roses, on our plains descend. THOMSON: Seasons, Spring, Line 1. "Come, gentle Spring! ethereal mildness, come!"-- Oh! Thomson, void of rhyme as well as reason, How could'st thou thus poor human nature hum? There 's no such season. HOOD: Spring.

Spring \Spring\, v. i. [imp. Sprangor Sprung; p. p. Sprung; p. pr. & vb. n. Springing.] [AS. springan; akin to D. & G. springen, OS. & OHG. springan, Icel. & Sw. springa, Dan. springe; cf. Gr. ? to hasten. Cf. Springe, Sprinkle.] 1. To leap; to bound; to jump. The mountain stag that springs From height to height, and bounds along the plains. --Philips. 2. To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot. And sudden light Sprung through the vaulted roof. --Dryden. 3. To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert. Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring. --Otway. 4. To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power. 5. To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning. 6. To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; -often followed by up, forth, or out. Till well nigh the day began to spring. --Chaucer. To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth. --Job xxxviii. 27. Do not blast my springing hopes. --Rowe. O, spring to light; auspicious Babe, be born. --Pope. 7. To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle. [They found] new hope to spring Out of despair, joy, but with fear yet linked. --Milton. 8. To grow; to prosper. What makes all this, but Jupiter the king, At whose command we perish, and we spring? --Dryden. To spring at, to leap toward; to attempt to reach by a leap. To spring forth, to leap out; to rush out. To spring in, to rush in; to enter with a leap or in haste. To spring on or upon, to leap on; to rush on with haste or violence; to assault.

Spring \Spring\, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See Spring, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke. --Dryden. 2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by elasticity; as, the spring of a bow. 3. Elastic power or force. Heavens! what a spring was in his arm! --Dryden. 4. An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force. Note: The principal varieties of springs used in mechanisms are the spiral spring (Fig. a), the coil spring (Fig. b), the elliptic spring (Fig. c), the half-elliptic spring (Fig. d), the volute spring, the India-rubber spring, the atmospheric spring, etc. 5. Any source of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; as issue of water from the earth; a natural fountain. ``All my springs are in thee.'' --Ps. lxxxvii. 7. ``A secret spring of spiritual joy.'' --Bentley. ``The sacred spring whence and honor streams.'' --Sir J. Davies. 6. Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive. Our author shuns by vulgar springs to move The hero's glory, or the virgin's love. --Pope. 7. That which springs, or is originated, from a source; as: (a) A race; lineage. [Obs.] --Chapman. (b) A youth; a springal. [Obs.] --Spenser. (c) A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland. [Obs.] --Spenser. Milton. 8. That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 9. The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator. ``The green lap of the new-come spring.'' --Shak. Note: Spring of the astronomical year begins with the vernal equinox, about March 21st, and ends with the summer solstice, about June 21st. 10. The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage. ``The spring of the day.'' --1 Sam. ix. 26. O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day. --Shak. 11. (Naut.) (a) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely. (b) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored. Air spring, Boiling spring, etc. See under Air, Boiling, etc. Spring back (Bookbinding), a back with a curved piece of thin sheet iron or of stiff pasteboard fastened to the inside, the effect of which is to make the leaves of a book thus bound (as a ledger or other account or blank book) spring up and lie flat. Spring balance, a contrivance for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring of steel. Spring beam, a beam that supports the side of a paddle box. See Paddle beam, under Paddle, n. Spring beauty. (a) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Claytonia, delicate herbs with somewhat fleshy leaves and pretty blossoms, appearing in springtime. (b) (Zo["o]l.) A small, elegant American butterfly ({Erora l[ae]ta}) which appears in spring. The hind wings of the male are brown, bordered with deep blue; those of the female are mostly blue. Spring bed, a mattress, under bed, or bed bottom, in which springs, as of metal, are employed to give the required elasticity. Spring beetle (Zo["o]l.), a snapping beetle; an elater. Spring box, the box or barrel in a watch, or other piece of mechanism, in which the spring is contained. Spring fly (Zo["o]l.), a caddice fly; -- so called because it appears in the spring. Spring grass (Bot.), a vernal grass. See under Vernal. Spring gun, a firearm disharged by a spring, when this is trodden upon or is otherwise moved. Spring hook (Locomotive Engines), one of the hooks which fix the driving-wheel spring to the frame. Spring latch, a latch that fastens with a spring.

Spring \Spring\, v. t. 1. To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a pheasant. 2. To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.

SPRING See FOUNTAIN; WELL.

Spring (Heb. 'ain, "the bright open source, the eye of the landscape"). To be carefully distinguished from "well" (q.v.). "Springs" mentioned in Josh. 10:40 (Heb. 'ashdoth) should rather be "declivities" or "slopes" (R.V.), i.e., the undulating ground lying between the lowlands (the shephelah) and the central range of hills.

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spring I. v. n. 1. Leap, bound, jump, vault, hop. 2. Rise, start, come forth. 3. Arise, proceed, issue, put forth, shoot forth make its appearance, emerge. 4. Originate, emanate, flow, take its source have its origin, issue, arise. 5. Rebound, fly back, recoil. 6. Warp, bend, become warped. 7. Grow, thrive, wax. 8. Issue with speed, move with activity. II. n. 1. Leap, bound, jump, vault, saltation, hop. 2. Elasticity, resiliency, springiness, elastic force. 3. Fountain, well, fountain-head, fount, spring, head. 4. Source, original, origin, principle, cause. 5. Vernal season, spring-tide, spring-time.

spring ̈ɪsprɪŋ v. 1 leap, bound, jump, hop, vault, dart, fly, bounce: He sprang to his feet when she came into the room. When Tom came to the stream, he sprang over it. The leprechaun sprang out from behind a tree. 2 arise, appear, grow, come up, rise, come into being or existence, be born, emerge, sprout, shoot up, burst forth: Where the dragon's teeth were sown, an entire army sprang up. 3 Often, spring up or from. originate, begin, start, evolve; proceed from, stem from, descend from, derive from, come from, develop from: He learned how the practice of scratching the head in perplexity had sprung up. I wondered where the term horse latitudes sprang from. 4 start or begin or experience or cause to occur or appear or happen suddenly or unexpectedly, broach, pop, introduce or divulge or reveal or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly: The canoe sprang a leak and started to sink. He likes to spring trick questions at candidates in an interview. 5 spring for. pay for, treat (someone) to, assume the expense(s) of: If you go to a place I choose, I'll spring for dinner. --n. 6 leap, bound, jump, hop, vault, bounce, skip: In one spring the cat cleared the garden wall and was off. 7 bounciness, bounce, resiliency, resilience, springiness, buoyancy, elasticity, sprightliness, airiness, flexibility: Despite her age, there's still a lot of spring in her step. 8 source, fount, fountain-head, well-spring, well, origin, beginning, root: From what secret spring does his understanding arise? 9 springtime, Eastertide, Maytime: At 35, James is still in the spring of life. --adj. 10 vernal: We exulted in the spring sunshine.

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