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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ORIG'INATE, v.t. To cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce what is new.
The change is to be effected without a decomposition of the whole civil and political mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil order out of the elements of society.
That matter which cannot think, will, or originate motion, should communicate thought, volition and motivity, is plainly impossible.
ORIG'INATE, v.i. To take first existence; to have origin; to be begun. The scheme originated with the governor and council. It originated in pure benevolence.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" [syn: originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow]
2: bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" [syn: originate, initiate, start]
3: begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"

Merriam Webster's

verb (-nated; -nating) Date: 1667 transitive verb to give rise to ; initiate intransitive verb to take or have origin ; begin Synonyms: see spring • origination noun • originator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. cause to begin; initiate. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by from, in, with) have as an origin; begin. Derivatives: origination n. originative adj. originator n. Etymology: med. L originare (as ORIGIN)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Originate O*rig"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Originated; p. pr. & vb. n. Originating.] [From Origin.] To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new. A decomposition of the whole civill and political mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil order. --Burke.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Originate O*rig"i*nate, v. i. To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(originates, originating, originated) When something originates or when someone originates it, it begins to happen or exist. (FORMAL) The disease originated in Africa... I suppose no one has any idea who originated the story? VERB: V prep/adv, V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Create, bring into existence, be the author of, be the cause of, give rise to, cause to be. II. v. n. Arise, rise, begin, spring, proceed, emanate, flow, take its rise.

Moby Thesaurus

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