- spring
- spring vb 1 Spring, arise, rise, originate, derive, flow, issue, emanate, proceed, stem can mean to come up or out of something into existence.Spring stresses sudden or surprising emergence especially after a period of concealment or hidden existence or preparation{
plants spring from seed
}{thoughts that sprang up in his mind
}{he had not chosen his course. It had sprung from a necessity of his nature— Brooks
}{freedom of the mind, the basic freedom from which all other freedoms spring— Davis
}Arise emphasizes the fact of coming into existence or into notice more than the conditions attending the event; often it conveys no clear suggestion of a prior state{a rumor arose and was widely circulated
}{after Alfred no rival native house arose to dispute the throne with Alfred's heirs— Malone
}When used with from, however, it usually implies a causal connection between what is the object of the preposition and what is the subject of the verb; in such cases it is synonymous with result, though it neither loses nor obscures its primary implication of coming into existence{mistakes often arise from ignorance
}{the mischief arose from careless gossip
}{the depression, the shock arising from what had happened abovestairs, left him almost at once— Bromfield
}Sometimes, when the context suggests a cause, the from phrase is omitted{where there is continued discontent, trouble is certain to arise
}{the right never existed, and the question whether it has been surrendered cannot arise— John Marshall
}Rise and arise (see also under RISE 2) are often used interchangeably, but usage usually favors arise except where, in addition to the implication of beginning, there is either in the word or the context a strong suggestion of ascent{new nations rise only to fall
}{mighty forces rise from small beginnings
}{the Gothic cathedrals rose in England in the first half of the thirteenth century— Saunders
}{great regimes rose, based upon the irrational and negative in man's nature— Straight
}Originate suggests a definite source or starting point which may be specified or located{the theory of evolution did not originate with Darwin
}{the fire originated in the basement
}{the newsreel, originated ... in France, was introduced in the United States in 1910— Mott
}{its founding originated in the Puritans' conviction that learning was essential for godliness— Murdock
}Derive also suggests a source; usually it does not imply, as originate implies, actual inception but presupposes a prior existence in another form or in another person or thing and connotes descent (as by inheritance, endowment, transference, or deduction){the power of the executive derives from the people
}{our thoughts often derive from our wishes
}{the principle of symmetry derives, I suppose, from contemplation of the human form— Binyon
}{much of our thinking about the rights and duties of the citizen derives directly from Greco-Roman thought— Highet
}Flow, issue, emanate in common imply a passing from one thing to another, the former being the source from which the latter is derived. All of these words are colored by their basic meanings.Flow suggests passage like water, easily as if from a spring or abundantly as if from a reservoir{praise God, from whom all blessings flow— Ken
}{the oleaginous sentences flowed easily from her pen— Gibbons
}Issue most frequently suggests emergence into existence, as if from a womb{how far Arnold is responsible for the birth of Humanism would be difficult to say; we can at least say that it issues very naturally from his doctrine— T. S. Eliot
}{if the naturalist's logic rests on wind, and issues in echoing phrases devoid of substance— Sullivan
}Emanate is used largely in reference to immaterial constructions (as a law, a principle, a power, or a system of thought); it connotes the passage of something impalpable or invisible and suggests a less obvious causal connection between the source and the thing derived than flow or issue{but the house . . . was Carrie's and it was from her that emanated the atmosphere of a home— Purdy
}{the government of the Union ... is, emphatically, and truly, a government of the people. In form and in substance it emanates from them— John Marshall
}Proceed stresses place of origin or, sometimes, parentage, derivation, or cause{no public benefit which you receive but it proceeds or comes from them to you and no way from yourselves— Shak.
}{assuring her that his seeming inattention had only proceeded from his being irivolved in a profound meditation— Peacock
}Stem suggests a growing out (as of a stem from a root or of a branch from a trunk) and is used chiefly in reference to things that come into existence through the influence of a predecessor either as a natural outgrowth or as a subordinate development{the good portrait painters . . . stem from Rubens— Mather
}{it spread to the lower officers and the troops in the field— or perhaps it stemmed from them— Shirer
}2 *jump, leap, bound, vaultAnalogous words: frolic, rollick, gambol, disport (see PLAY)spring n 1 *motive, impulse, incentive, inducement, spur, goadAnalogous words: *origin, source, root, inception: *cause, determinant, antecedent: *stimulus, stimulant, excitant, incitement, impetus2 jump, leap, bound, vault (see under JUMP vb)
New Dictionary of Synonyms. 2014.
