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source

noun
  1. a facility where something is available
  2. anything that provides inspiration for later work
    germ
  3. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
    “the reporter had two sources for the story”
  4. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
    reference
  5. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
    beginning
  6. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
    reservoir
  7. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
    generator
  8. a person who supplies information
    informant
  9. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
    “a heat source”
verb
  1. specify the origin of
    “The writers carefully sourced their report.”
  2. get a product from another country or business
    “I sourced a supply of carpet.”