fount

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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 .

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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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 (2)

"typeface," 1683, from M.Fr. fonte, fem. pp. of fondre "melt" (see found (2)). So called because all the letters were cast at the same time.

fount

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

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