fount

Fount, n.

Etymology: [OF. font, funt, fr. L. fons, fontis, a fountain; of uncertain origin, perh. akin to fundere to pour, E. found to cast. Cf. Font.]

A fountain.

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Fount, n.

(Print.)

A font.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for fount; he lists it under beginning.

Where he writes about it:

Motley wrote of "The Rise of the Dutch Republic." Fount, fountain, and spring, in their figurative senses, keep close to their literal meaning. — from beginning

Synonyms

beginning arising commencement fountain inauguration inception initiation opening origin outset rise source spring start

Antonyms

end

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