Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The spring or source of life; anything regarded as essential to the sustentation of the life of either the body or the soul.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Spring or source of life.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
spring orsource oflife .
Etymologies
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life + spring
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Examples
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This supernatural light -- this "freedom of the children of God" -- is the very foundation, the very lifespring of civilization.
Public School Education Michael M��ller 1862
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