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A person, book, document, etc. that provides information
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  1. A person, book, document, etc. that provides information
  2. One, such as a person or document, that supplies information:
  3. A person or thing from which something comes into being or is derived or obtained:
rise
(Informal) An angry or irritated reaction:
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  1. (Informal) An angry or irritated reaction:
  2. An origin, beginning, or source:
  3. Occasion or opportunity:
cause
An action, event, or force that produces or contributes to an effect or result. Also called causation.
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  1. An action, event, or force that produces or contributes to an effect or result. Also called causation.
  2. The producer of an effect, result, or consequence.
  3. A basis for an action or response; a reason:
beginning
That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
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  1. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
  2. The act or process of bringing or being brought into being; a start:
  3. The initial portion of some extended thing.
derivation
In generative linguistics, the generation of a linguistic structure through an ordered or partially ordered series of operations on other structures, such as the creation of a surface structure from a deep structure, or of a complex word from its morphological components.
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  1. In generative linguistics, the generation of a linguistic structure through an ordered or partially ordered series of operations on other structures, such as the creation of a surface structure from a deep structure, or of a complex word from its morphological components.
  2. The form or source from which something is derived; an origin.
  3. (--- Gram.) The process of forming words from bases by the addition of affixes other than inflectional morphemes, or by internal phonetic change
fount
(Figuratively) that from which something flows or proceeds
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  1. (Figuratively) that from which something flows or proceeds
  2. A device from which poultry may drink
  3. One that initiates or dispenses; a source:
fountain
A structure, often decorative, from which a jet or stream of water issues.
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  1. A structure, often decorative, from which a jet or stream of water issues.
  2. The source or beginning of a stream
  3. A spring, especially the source of a stream.
mother
A woman who gives birth to a child.
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  1. A woman who gives birth to a child.
  2. A woman whose egg unites with a sperm, producing an embryo.
  3. A stringy slime composed of yeast cells and bacteria that forms on the surface of fermenting liquids and is added to wine or cider to start the production of vinegar.
origin
The fact of originating; rise or derivation:
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  1. The fact of originating; rise or derivation:
  2. A coming into existence or use; beginning
  3. That in which something has its beginning; source; root; cause
parent
Anything from which other things are derived; source; origin
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  1. Anything from which other things are derived; source; origin
  2. A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child.
  3. A source or cause; an origin:
provenance
The records or documents authenticating such an object or the history of its ownership.
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  1. The records or documents authenticating such an object or the history of its ownership.
  2. Origin; derivation; source
  3. The history of the ownership of an object, especially when documented or authenticated. Used of artworks, antiques, and books.
provenience
Origin; derivation
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  1. Origin; derivation
  2. (Archaeology) Source; origin.
root
The source, origin, or cause of an action, quality, condition, etc.
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  1. The source, origin, or cause of an action, quality, condition, etc.
  2. The close ties one has with some place or people as through birth, upbringing, long and sympathetic association, etc.
  3. A plant part that usually grows underground, secures the plant in place, absorbs minerals and water, and stores food manufactured by leaves and other plant parts. Roots grow in a root system. Eudicots and magnoliids have a central, longer, and larger taproot with many narrower lateral roots branching off, while monocots have a mass of threadlike fibrous roots , which are roughly the same length and remain close to the surface of the soil. In vascular plants, roots usually consist of a central cylinder of vascular tissue, surrounded by the pericycle and endodermis, then a thick layer of cortex, and finally an outer epidermis or (in woody plants) periderm. Only finer roots (known as feeder roots) actively take up water and minerals, generally in the uppermost meter of soil. These roots absorb minerals primarily through small epidermal structures known as root hairs. In certain plants, adventitious roots grow out from the stem above ground as aerial roots or prop roots, bending down into the soil, to facilitate the exchange of gases or increase support. Certain plants (such as the carrot and beet) have fleshy storage roots with abundant parenchyma in their vascular tissues.
rootstock
(By extension) The necessary basis for something to develop
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  1. (By extension) The necessary basis for something to develop
  2. (Agriculture) A healthy plant that is used as the base for grafting a scion
  3. A root system of a plant, often with a portion of the stem, to which a shoot or bud is grafted.
source
A person, book, document, etc. that provides information
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  1. A person, book, document, etc. that provides information
  2. One, such as a person or document, that supplies information:
  3. A person or thing from which something comes into being or is derived or obtained:
spring
The season of the year between winter and summer, during which the weather becomes warmer and plants revive, extending in the Northern Hemisphere from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice and popularly considered to include the months of March, April, and May. In the Southern Hemisphere austral spring includes September, October, and November.
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  1. The season of the year between winter and summer, during which the weather becomes warmer and plants revive, extending in the Northern Hemisphere from the vernal equinox to the summer solstice and popularly considered to include the months of March, April, and May. In the Southern Hemisphere austral spring includes September, October, and November.
  2. A device, such as a coil of wire, that returns to its original shape after being compressed or stretched. Because of their ability to return to their original shape, springs are used to store energy, as in mechanical clocks, and to absorb or lessen energy, as in the suspension system of vehicles.
  3. A source, beginning, or motive:
well
A source of abundant supply; fount
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  1. A source of abundant supply; fount
  2. (--- Naut.) An enclosure in the hold of a ship for containing the pumps and protecting them from damage
  3. A compartment or recessed area in a ship, used for stowage:
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  • Her favorite novel is The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

  • The love-songs of the time are primitive imitations of the NeoGreek lyric dithyrambs and rhapsodies, which through the teaching of the princes .of Walachia were considered as the fountainhead of poetical inspiration.

  • fountainhead of knowledge.

  • Fountainhead vanities come in a light blanche maple or dark truffle ash finish.

  • Fountainhead: This 21-inch-long vanity has very simple and clean lines.

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