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atspring

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
at-spring
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

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”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

atsprings (present, singular) atspringing (participle, present) atsprang (past) atsprung (participle, past)

Questions

What does atspring mean?
To spring forth; emerge; spring into existence; originate.
Where does atspring come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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