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Webster 1913 Edition

Wellspring

Well′springˊ

,
Noun.
A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.
Understanding is a
wellspring
of life unto him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly.
Prov. xvi. 22.

Definition 2024

wellspring

wellspring

English

Noun

wellspring ‎(plural wellsprings)

  1. The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.
  2. A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource.

Etymology

From Middle English wellespring, from Old English wiellspring, wiellġespring ‎(“spring, fount, fountain”), corresponding to well +‎ spring. More at well, spring.

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