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Definition of Headspring
1. Noun. The source of water from which a stream arises. "They tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
Definition of Headspring
1. n. Fountain; source.
Definition of Headspring
1. Noun. A fountainhead; a source. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headspring
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headspring
Literary usage of Headspring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Decades of Henry Bullinger by Heinrich Bullinger, Thomas Harding, H. I. (1851)
"As the sun is the headspring of the light and the heat, so is the Father the
headspring of the Son, who is light of light: and as of the sun and the beams ..."
2. On Liberty by John Stuart Mill (1921)
"... the two headspring! of ethical as of all other philosophy. This acknowledged
master of all the eminent thinkers who have since lived —whose fame, ..."
3. Thirty Years' View: Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1858)
"... and give a wound to a noble city which must be felt to the headspring and
source of every stream that pours its tribute into the King of Floods. ..."
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