pret. sprung

To vegetate and rise out of the ground; to begin to appear; as vegetables. To satisfy the desolate ground, and cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth. Job 38:27.

To begin to grow. The teeth of the young not sprung-- .

To proceed, as from the seed or cause. Much more good of sin shall spring.

To arise; to appear; to begin to appear or exist.& When the day began to spring, they let her go. Judges 19:25. Do not blast my springing hopes.

To break forth; to issue into sight or notice. O spring to light; auspicious babe, be born.

To issue or proceed, as from ancestors or from a country. Aaron and Moses sprung from Levi.

To proceed, as from a cause, reason, principle, or other original. The noblest title springs from virtue. They found new hope to spring out of despair.

To grow; to thrive. What makes all this but Jupiter the king, at whose command we perish and we spring.

To proceed or issue, as from a fountain or source. Water springs from reservoirs in the earth. Rivers spring from lakes or ponds.

To leap; to bound; to jump. The mountain stag that springs from highth to highth, and bounds along the plains-- .

To fly back; to start; as, a bow when bent, springs back by its elastic power.

To start or rise suddenly from a covert. Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring.

To shoot; to issue with speed and violence. And sudden light sprung through the vaulted roof-- .

To bend or wind from a straight direction or plane surface. Our mechanics say, a piece of timber or a plank springs in seasoning. To spring at, to leap towards; to attempt to reach by a leap. To spring in, to rush in; to enter with a leap or in haste. To spring forth, to leap out; to rush out. To spring on or upon, to leap on; to rush on with haste or violence; to assault.

To start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth or from a covert; as, to spring a pheasant.

To produce quickly or unexpectedly. The nurse, surprisd with fright, starts up and leaves her bed, and springs a light.

To start; to contrive or to produce or propose on a sudden; to produce unexpectedly. The friends to the cause sprang a new project.

To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine.

To burst; to cause to open; as, to spring a leak. When it is said, a vessel has sprung a leak, the meaning is, the leak has then commenced.