Well-spring
noun
1.
the head or source of a spring, stream, river, etc.; fountainhead.
2.
a source or supply of anything, especially when considered inexhaustible: a wellspring of affection.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the source of a spring or stream; fountainhead |
| 2. | a source of continual or abundant supply |
| [Old English welspryng, wylspring; see | |
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