What makes all this, but Jupiter the king, At whose command we
perish, and we spring?
Dryden.
To spring at, to leap toward; to attempt to reach by a leap. -- To
spring forth, to leap out; to rush out. -- To spring in, to rush in; to
enter with a leap or in haste. -- To spring on or upon, to leap on; to
rush on with haste or violence; to assault.
Spring (?), v. t. 1. To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game;
to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a
pheasant.