Definition of source

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Source (n.) That from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause..

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Motor :: Motor (n.) One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power..
Root :: Root (n.) The cause or occasion by which anything is brought about; the source.
Resort :: Resort (v.) That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.
Head :: Head (n.) The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants..
Whence :: Whence (adv.) From what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.; the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively..
Forehanded :: Forehanded (a.) Beforehand with one's needs, or having resources in advance of one's necessities; in easy circumstances; as, a forehanded farmer..
Sours :: Sours (n.) Source. See Source.
Buffet :: Buffet (v. i.) A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources..
Authorship :: Authorship (n.) Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs..
Politics :: Politics (n.) The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals..
Ventriloquism :: Ventriloquism (n.) The act, art, or practice of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come, not from the person speaking, but from some other source, as from the opposite side of the room, from the cellar, etc..
Smilax :: Smilax (n.) A genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem; green brier, or cat brier. The rootstocks of certain species are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla..
Proceed :: Proceed (v. i.) To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun..
Manichee :: Manichee (n.) A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil..
Seminal :: Seminal (a.) Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue..
Law :: Law (n.) Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law..
Emanate :: Emanate (v. i.) To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate..
Poverty :: Poverty (n.) Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas..
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