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Definitions
The main spring that powers a clockwork device, or the chief motive force.
Word origin
From main + spring. For figurative sense, compare spring (“source, origin”).
Used in a sentence
“He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away.”
“My daughter is the mainspring of my life.”
“But in the England of Shakespeare’s history plays, the mainspring of the system has broken down.”
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