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source

[sawrs, sohrs] noun, verb, sourced, sourcing.
–noun
1. any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
2. the beginning or place of origin of a stream or river.
3. a book, statement, person, etc., supplying information.
4. the person or business making interest or dividend payments.
5. a manufacturer or supplier.
6. Archaic. a natural spring or fountain.
–verb (used with object)
7. to give or trace the source for: The research paper was not accurately sourced. The statement was sourced to the Secretary of State.
8. to find or acquire a source, esp. a supplier, for: Some of the components are now sourced in Hong Kong.
–verb (used without object)
9. to contract a manufacturer or supplier: Many large companies are now sourcing overseas.
10. to seek information about or consider possible options, available personnel, or the like: a job recruiter who was merely sourcing.

Origin:
1300–50; ME sours (n.) < OF sors (masc.), sourse, source (fem.), n. use of ptp. of sourdre < L surgere to spring up or forth


sourceful, adjective
source⋅ful⋅ness, noun
sourceless, adjective


1. supplier, originator. 3. authority, reference.
source   (sôrs, sōrs)   
n.  
  1. The point at which something springs into being or from which it derives or is obtained.
  2. The point of origin, such as a spring, of a stream or river. See Synonyms at origin.
  3. One that causes, creates, or initiates; a maker.
  4. One, such as a person or document, that supplies information: A reporter is only as reliable as his or her sources.
  5. Physics The point or part of a system where energy or mass is added to the system.
v.   sourced, sourc·ing, sourc·es

v.   tr.
  1. To specify the origin of (a communication); document: The report is thoroughly sourced.
  2. To obtain (parts or materials) from another business, country, or locale for manufacture: They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.
v.   intr.
To obtain parts or materials from another business, country, or locale: They are sourcing from abroad in order to save money.

[Middle English, from Old French sourse, from feminine past participle of sourdre, to rise, from Latin surgere; see surge.]

Source

Source\, n. [OE. sours, OF. sourse, surse, sorse, F. source, fr. OF. sors, p. p. of OF. sordre, surdre, sourdre, to spring forth or up, F. sourdre, fr. L. surgere to lift or raise up, to spring up. See Surge, and cf. Souse to plunge or swoop as a bird upon its prey.]

1. The act of rising; a rise; an ascent. [Obs.]

Therefore right as an hawk upon a sours Up springeth into the air, right so prayers . . . Maken their sours to Goddes ears two. --Chaucer.

2. The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain.

Where as the Poo out of a welle small Taketh his firste springing and his sours. --Chaucer.

Kings that rule Behind the hidden sources of the Nile. --Addison.

3. That from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause.

This source of ideas every man has wholly in himself. --Locke.

The source of Newton's light, of Bacon's sense. --Pope.

Syn: See Origin.
Language Translation for : source
Spanish: fuente, origen,
German: die Ursache,
Japanese:

source 
1346, from O.Fr. sourse "a rising, beginning, fountainhead of a river or stream," fem. noun taken from pp. of sourdre "to rise, spring up," from L. surgere "to rise" (see surge). Meaning "written work (later also a person) supplying information or evidence" is from 1788.

Main Entry: source
Function: noun
1 : a point of origin source of the conflict>
2 : one that supplies information source>

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