atspring

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verb

To spring forth; emerge; spring into existence; originate.

OriginMiddle English atspringen ← Old English ætspringan →
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Meanings

verbatspring (third-person singular simple present atsprings, present participle atspringing, simple past atsprang, past participle atsprung)

present singular third person atsprings · participle present atspringing · past atsprang · participle past atsprung

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo spring forth; emerge; spring into existence; originate.

Origin

  1. Old Englishætspringan“to rush forth, spurt out, spring out”
  2. Middle Englishatspringen
  3. Englishatspring

From Middle English atspringen, ætspringen, from Old English ætspringan (“to rush forth, spurt out, spring out”), equivalent to at- + spring. Compare Dutch ontspringen (“to spring, well, outflow”), German entspringen (“to spring from, escape, arise”).

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APA

atspring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atspring

MLA

“atspring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atspring. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atspring,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atspring.

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