Definition of spring

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Spring (v. i.) Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive..

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Thermae :: Thermae (n. pl.) Springs or baths of warm or hot water.
Beneficence :: Beneficence (n.) The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness..
Springtail :: Springlet (n.) A little spring.
Suspiration :: Suspiral (n.) A spring of water passing under ground toward a cistern or conduit.
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine..
Fresh :: Fresh (n.) A stream or spring of fresh water.
Springer :: Springer (n.) The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting..
Source :: Source (n.) The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain..
Superfete :: Superfetation (n.) The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation..
Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal..
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap..
Regard :: Regard (v. t.) That view of the mind which springs from perception of value, estimable qualities, or anything that excites admiration; respect; esteem; reverence; affection; as, to have a high regard for a person; -- often in the plural..
Accrue :: Accrue (n.) To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent..
Springbok :: Springboard (n.) An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising..
Expand :: Expand (v. i.) To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy..
Herring :: Herring (n.) One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (C. harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities..
Fillip :: Fillip (v. t.) To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger..
Mestee :: Mestee (n.) The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called in the West Indies.
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc..
Perch :: Perch (n.) A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
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