lifespring

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noun

A spring or source of life.

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Meanings

nounlifespring (plural lifesprings)

plural lifesprings

  1. A spring or source of life.

    Consumption! 't is thou that their life-springs hast wasted! 'T is thou that hast wither'd the bud in its bloom!

    c. 1822, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Lines On the Death of Two Children
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    Perchance, when ages shall have fled, that land, Stripped bare-- again unable to withstand Volcanic force, that will her life-springs start

    1902, Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, Queen Moo's Talisman; the Fall of the Maya Empire, Chapter I

Origin

From life + spring.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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