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springing
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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Spring·ing
,
n.
1.
The
act
or
process
of
one
who
,
or
that
which
,
springs
.
2.
Growth
;
increase
;
also
,
that
which
springs
up
;
a
shoot
;
a
plant
.
Thou
blessest
the
springing
thereof
.
--
Ps
.
lxv
. 10.
Springing line of an arch
Arch.
,
the
horizontal
line
drawn
through
the
junction
of
the
vertical
face
of
the
impost
with
the
curve
of
the
intrados
; --
called
also
spring of an arch
.
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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Spring
v. i.
[
imp.
Sprang
or
Sprung
p. p.
Sprung
;
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Springing
.]
1.
To
leap
;
to
bound
;
to
jump
.
The
mountain
stag
that
springs
From
height
to
height
,
and
bounds
along
the
plains
. --
Philips
.
2.
To
issue
with
speed
and
violence
;
to
move
with
activity
;
to
dart
;
to
shoot
.
And
sudden
light
Sprung
through
the
vaulted
roof
. --
Dryden
.
3.
To
start
or
rise
suddenly
,
as
from
a
covert
.
Watchful
as
fowlers
when
their
game
will
spring
.
--
Otway
.
4.
To
fly
back
;
as
,
a
bow
,
when
bent
,
springs
back
by
its
elastic
power
.
5.
To
bend
from
a
straight
direction
or
plane
surface
;
to
become
warped
;
as
,
a
piece
of
timber
,
or
a
plank
,
sometimes
springs
in
seasoning
.
6.
To
shoot
up
,
out
,
or
forth
;
to
come
to
the
light
;
to
begin
to
appear
;
to
emerge
;
as
a
plant
from
its
seed
,
as
streams
from
their
source
,
and
the
like
; --
often
followed
by
up
,
forth
,
or
out
.
Till
well
nigh
the
day
began
to
spring
.
--
Chaucer
.
To
satisfy
the
desolate
and
waste
ground
,
and
to
cause
the
bud
of
the
tender
herb
to
spring
forth
.
--
Job
xxxviii
. 27.
Do
not
blast
my
springing
hopes
.
--
Rowe
.
O
,
spring
to
light
;
auspicious
Babe
,
be
born
.
--
Pope
.
7.
To
issue
or
proceed
,
as
from
a
parent
or
ancestor
;
to
result
,
as
from
a
cause
,
motive
,
reason
,
or
principle
.
[
They
found
]
new
hope
to
spring
Out
of
despair
,
joy
,
but
with
fear
yet
linked
. --
Milton
.
8.
To
grow
;
to
thrive
;
to
prosper
.
What
makes
all
this
,
but
Jupiter
the
king
,
At
whose
command
we
perish
,
and
we
spring
? --
Dryden
.
To spring at
,
to
leap
toward
;
to
attempt
to
reach
by
a
leap
.
To spring forth
,
to
leap
out
;
to
rush
out
.
To spring in
,
to
rush
in
;
to
enter
with
a
leap
or
in
haste
.
To spring on
or
To spring upon
,
to
leap
on
;
to
rush
on
with
haste
or
violence
;
to
assault
.
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