spring
verb (used without object)
to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position.
outspring
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a word derived from
spring.
Example Sentences
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The era of Elizabeth was the outspring of the movement which Henry VIII. commenced, and it was the grandest period in English history.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by J.A. Froude
And thou, Avenger of my wrongs, from my dead bones outspring, To bear the fire and the sword o'er Dardan-peopled earth Now or hereafter; whensoe'er the day brings might to birth.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris
Let your towering shame be hid from sight In the garment of a sovereign's right, From the ambush of the throne outspring!
From The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems by Friedrich Schiller
