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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

atspring en · VERB

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To spring forth; emerge; spring into existence; originate.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
atsprings Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
atsprang Tense=Past lexicographic
atsprung Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
atspringing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic