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the starting point (of a river); a place or person from which something comes or is got; original documents etc for an academic study

beginning; point of supply

authority cause expert origin antecedent author authorship begetter birthplace commencement connection dawn dawning derivation determinant father fount fountain fountainhead inception informant maternity mother onset opening origination originator parent paternity provenance provenience rise rising root specialist spring start wellspring horse's mouth starting point
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1) having the same source or origin as something (cognate)

2) secondary or subordinate but from the same source (collateral)

3) to come, flow, proceed, (from a source or origin) (emanate)

4) an apparatus producing a rush of water into the air; a source or origin (fountain)

5) a form of noun etc showing source or possession, as in 'Australia's trees' (genitive)

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