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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

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–noun British Printing.

font².

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n.

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-.]

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n. Chiefly British
Variant of font².

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fount

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

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fount
noun
1.	a specific size and style of type within a type family [syn: font]
2.	a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water [syn: fountain]

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Font\, n. [F. fonte, fr. fondre to melt or cast. See Found to cast, and cf. Fount a font.] (Print.) A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount.

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Font\, n. [AS. font, fant, fr. L. fons, fontis, spring, fountain; cf. OF. font, funt, F. fonts, fonts baptismaux, pl. See Fount.]

1. A fountain; a spring; a source.

Bathing forever in the font of bliss. --Young.

2. A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing.

That name was given me at the font. --Shak.

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