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fount

1  [fount]
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–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

fount

2  [fount, font]
–noun British Printing.
font 2 .

font

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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fount 1   (fount)   
n.  
  1. A fountain.
  2. 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-.]
fount 2   (fount)   
n.   Chiefly British
Variant of font2.
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Fount

Fount\, n. [See Font.] (Print.) A font.

Fount

Fount\, n. [OF. font, funt, fr. L. fons, fontis, a fountain; of uncertain origin, perh. akin to fundere to pour, E. found to cast. Cf. Font.] A fountain.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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fount 
1593, probably a shortening of fountain, infl. by M.Fr. font "fount," first found in Shakespeare.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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