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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
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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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