originating
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əˌneɪt verb (used without object)
1.
to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise: The practice originated during the Middle Ages.
2.
(of a train, bus, or other public conveyance) to begin a scheduled run at a specified place: This train originates at Philadelphia.
verb (used with object)
3.
to give origin or rise to; initiate; invent: to originate a better method.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to come or bring into being |
| 2. | (US), (Canadian) (intr) (of a bus, train, etc) to begin its journey at a specified point |
| origi'nation | |
| —n | |
| o'riginator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
originate
1653, probably a back-formation of origination (1647), from M.Fr. origination, from L. originationem (nom. originatio), from originem (see original). In first ref. it meant "to trace the origin of;" meaning "to bring into existence" is from 1657; intrans. sense of "to come
into existence" is from 1775.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
originate o·rig·i·nate (ə-rĭj'ə-nāt')
v. o·rig·i·nat·ed, o·rig·i·nat·ing, o·rig·i·nates
To bring into being; create.
To come into being; start.
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Tumours originating from the thymocytes are called thymic lymphomas.
Bury simnel cake is also a variant of the cake originating in bury.
He became known as peeping tom thus originating a new idiom, or metonym, in english.
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