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  1. noun The point at which something springs into being or from which it derives or is obtained.
  2. noun The point of origin, such as a spring, of a stream or river. See Synonyms at origin.
  3. noun One that causes, creates, or initiates; a maker.
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  • Creative Commons Licence for non-commercial purposes as long as the source is acknowledged and a clear link back to this site is provided —  A Life (Time) of Cooking
  • MS Excel will continue to be the tool of choice for many business users Even with well managed data warehouses, end users still resort to Excel But this may not be bad as long as the source is the data warehouse and not direct pulls from source systems How important is OLAP? —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Starting at the source is an easy way to reduce the environmental footprint of these large directories. —  Livescience.com
  • Creative Commons Licence for non-commercial purposes as long as the source is acknowledged and a clear link back to this site is provided. —  A Life (Time) of Cooking
  • Now I don't believe this whole story, and I do think it may be misconstrued; especially considering the source is a tabloid. —  Right Celebrity
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  1. Middle English, from Old French sourse, from feminine past participle of sourdre, to rise, from Latin surgere; see surge.

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  1. Early modern English also sourse; from Middle English sours, from Old French sorse, surse, sorce, surce, later source (Middle Latin sursa), rise, beginning, spring, source, from sors, sours, feminine sorse, sourse, past participle of sordre, sourdre, French sourdre = Provencal sorger, sorzir = Spanish surgir = Portuguese sordir, surdir = Italian sorgere, from Latin surgere, rise: see surge. Cf. sourd.
  2. Early modern English also sourse; from source, n. Hence souse.
 

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