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foun·tain (fouńtən)

[Middle English, from Old French fontaine, from Late Latin fontāna, from Latin feminine of fontānus, of a spring, from fōns, font-, spring.]

noun 

    1. An artificially created jet or stream of water.
    2. A structure, often decorative, from which a jet or stream of water issues.
  2. A spring, especially the source of a stream.
  3. A reservoir or chamber containing a supply of liquid that can be siphoned off as needed.
  4. A soda fountain.
  5. A drinking fountain.
  6. A point of origin or dissemination; a source: the library, a fountain of information.

intr. & tr.v.: -tained, -tain·ing, -tains. 

To flow or cause to flow like a fountain.