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well⋅spring

[wel-spring]
–noun
1. the head or source of a spring, stream, river, etc.; fountainhead.
2. a source or supply of anything, esp. when considered inexhaustible: a wellspring of affection.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME welle spring, OE wyllspring; see well 2 , spring
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well·spring   (wěl'sprĭng')   
n.  
  1. The source of a stream or spring.

  2. A source: a wellspring of ideas.

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