source

noun

1.
2.
a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
Derived from:
source
3.
anything that provides inspiration for later work
germ seed
4.
a facility where something is available
Derived from:
source
5.
a person who supplies information
mielder informant
6.
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
forthbringer willer author generator
7.
(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
Antonym:
sink
8.
anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
reservoir
9.
a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
backbearing overlaw reference
Derived from:
source