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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Wellspring \Well"spring`\, n.
     A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that
           hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly. --Prov.
                                                    xvi. 22.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Wellspring \Well"spring`\, n.
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  wellspring
       n 1: the source of water for a well [syn: wellhead]
       2: an abundant source; "she was a well of information" [syn: well,
           fountainhead]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  wellspring
     n.
     1 The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a
  wellhead.
     2 (lb en figurative) A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead
  of supply or emanation; resource.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  wellspring
     n.
     1 The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a
  wellhead.
     2 (lb en figurative) A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead
  of supply or emanation; resource.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  wellspring
     n.
     1 The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a
  wellhead.
     2 (lb en figurative) A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead
  of supply or emanation; resource.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  wellspring
     n.
     1 The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a
  wellhead.
     2 (lb en figurative) A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead
  of supply or emanation; resource.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Well-spring /wˈɛlspɹˈɪŋ/
  مصدر مخزون متواصل

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Wellspring /wˈɛlspɹɪŋ/
  المنبع

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  wellspring /wˈɛlspɹɪŋ/
  Quelle 
     Synonyms: well, wellhead
  
   see: wellsprings, wells, wellheads

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  wellspring /wˈɛlspɹɪŋ/
  Urquell , Urquelle 
     Synonym: fountainhead
  
   see: fountainheads

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  wellspring /wˈɛlspɹɪŋ/
  izvor, vrelo

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  well-spring /wˈɛlspɹˈɪŋ/
  1. kútfô
  2. forrás
  3. kútforrás

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  wellspring /wˈɛlspɹɪŋ/
  1. kaynak.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈwɛɫsˌpɹɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "wellspring":
     bonanza, cornucopia, font, fount, fountain, fountainhead,
     gold mine, headspring, headstream, headwater, inception, lode,
     mainspring, mine, origin, provenance, provenience, quarry,
     resource, riverhead, root, source, source of supply, spring,
     springhead, staple, vein, well, wellhead

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  n. 水源泉源;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     n. 水源,泉源

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