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originate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: originate v 1: come into existence or develop: "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" [syn: {arise}, {rise}, {develop}, {spring up}, {grow}] 2: bring into being "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" [syn: {initiate}, {start}] 3: begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"
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