FOUNT'AIN, n. [L. fons.] 1. A spring, or source of water; properly, a spring or issuing of water from the earth. This word accords in sense with well, in our mother tongue; but we now distinguish the, applying fountain to a natural spring of water, and well to an artificial pit of water, issuing from the interior of the earth.2. A small basin of springing water.3. A jet; a spouting of water; an artificial spring.4. The head or source of a river.5. Original; first principle or cause; the source of any thing.Almighty God, the fountain of all goodness.Fount of types. [See Font.]
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