Fount

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fount

1 [fount]

–noun

1.	a spring of water; fountain.

2.	a source or origin: a fount of inspiration to his congregation.

Origin:
1585–95; short for fountain

2 [fount, font]

–noun British Printing.

font ² .

2 [font]

–noun Printing.

a complete assortment of type of one style and size.

Also, British, fount.

Origin:
1570–80; < MF fonte < VL *funditus a pouring, molding, casting, verbal n. from L fundere to pour. See found ³

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fount¹ (fount)

A fountain.
One that initiates or dispenses; a source: Damascus—the fount of modern Arab nationalism.

[Middle English, from Old English and Old French font, both from Latin fōns, font-.]

fount² (fount)

n. Chiefly British
Variant of font².

Word Origin & History

font (1)

"basin," O.E. font, from L. fons (gen. fontis) "fountain" (see fountain), especially in M.L. fons baptismalis "baptismal font."

fount

1593, probably a shortening of fountain, infl. by M.Fr. font "fount," first found in Shakespeare.

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