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beginning
That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
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derivation
A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
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provenience
Origin; derivation
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fountainhead
An abundant source of knowledge, etc.
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mother
(Short for) mother of vinegar
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parent
The definition of a parent is a mother or father.
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root
The close ties one has with some place or people as through birth, upbringing, long and sympathetic association, etc.
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rootstock
(Agriculture) A healthy plant that is used as the base for grafting a scion
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source
The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
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spring
Elasticity; resilience:
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well
Well is a wish of good fortune.
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fountain
An artificially created jet or stream of water.
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typeface
The size or style of the letter or character on a block of type.
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face
The frontal aspect of something.
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case
(Typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
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origin
The beginning of something.
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provenance
(Archaeology) The place and time of origin of some artifact or other object. See Usage note below.
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Words Related to Fount

start
An act of beginning; an initial effort:
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font
(Computing) A computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs of one or more typographic fonts on a computer display or printer. A font file.
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well-spring
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  • But perhaps the great glory of Nuremberg lies in its claim to be the principal fount of German art.

  • The abrupt cessation of such an inexhaustible fount of enterprise and energy was a distinct loss to Sweden; and signs are not wanting that, in his latter years, Charles had begun to feel the need and value of repose.

  • In 1584 Bishop Gudbrand, who had brought over a splendid fount of type from Denmark in 1575 (which he completed with his own hands), printed a translation of the whole Bible at Holar, incorporating Odd's versions and some books (Proverbs and the Son of Sirach, 1580) translated by Bishop Gizar, but supplying most of the Old Testament himself.

  • Discovery had outrun theory; the rush of new facts made Ptolemy practically obsolete in a generation, after having been the fount and origin of all geography for a millennium.

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