wellspring Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the source of water for a well
    wellhead.
  2. noun an abundant source
    well; fountainhead.
    • she was a well of information

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Well"spring` noun
Definitions
  1. A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.
    Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly. Prov. xvi. 22.

Webster 1913