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Wellspring   /wˈɛlsprˌɪŋ/   Listen
Wellspring

noun
1.
The source of water for a well.  Synonym: wellhead.
2.
An abundant source.  Synonyms: fountainhead, well.






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"Wellspring" Quotes from Famous Books



... in retreat never doubted the genius of their chief, and fiercely rallied at the longed-for sign of fighting. The source of this marvellous energy is not hard to discover. Their bravery was fed by that wellspring of hope which had made of France a nation of free men determined to free the millions beyond their frontiers. The French columns were "equality on the march"; and the soldiery, animated by this grand enthusiasm, found its militant embodiment in the great captain who seemed about to liberate ...
— The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) • John Holland Rose

... of those violent nervous shocks that leave their traces for ever on the sufferer. Within a few days she became subject to a constant trembling, for after the first instant the need for action gave her such strength as can only be drawn from the very wellspring of the ...
— Cousin Betty • Honore de Balzac

... be found in the working of our Government, and a truer knowledge of social problems is spreading among all classes. But the world cannot afford to relegate Charles Dickens to oblivion, and shows no desire to do so; his books are and will be a wellspring of cheerfulness, of faith in human nature, and of true Christian charity from which all will ...
— Victorian Worthies - Sixteen Biographies • George Henry Blore



Words linked to "Wellspring" :   beginning, well, wellhead, rootage, source, root, origin



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