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o·rig·i·nate

Audio Help [uh-rij-uh-neyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -nat·ed, -nat·ing.

–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.

[Origin: 1645–55; prob. back formation from origination (< F) < L orīginātiō etymology; see origin, -ate¹, ion

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o·rig·i·na·ble

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o·rig·i·na·tion, noun

o·rig·i·na·tor, noun

—Synonyms 3. See discover.

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o·rig·i·nate Audio Help   (ə-rĭj'ə-nāt') Pronunciation Key
v.   o·rig·i·nat·ed, o·rig·i·nat·ing, o·rig·i·nates

v.   tr.
To bring into being; create: originated the practice of monthly reports.

v.   intr.
To come into being; start. See Synonyms at stem¹.

o·rig'i·na'tion n., o·rig'i·na'tive adj., o·rig'i·na'tive·ly adv., o·rig'i·na'tor n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
originate (v.)

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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originate
verb
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"
2.	bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
3.	begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"

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originate [əˈridʒineit] verb

to bring or come into being
Example: That style of painting originated in China.

Arabic:	يَنْشَأ عَن، يَكون أصْلُه مِن، يَنْبُع من
Chinese (Simplified):	发源
Chinese (Traditional):	發源
Czech:	zrodit se
Danish:	opstå
Dutch:	voortbrengen, ontstaan
Estonian:	pärit olema
Finnish:	saada alkunsa
French:	donner naissance à, prendre naissance
German:	entstehen
Greek:	προέρχομαι, πρωτοξεκινώ
Hungarian:	származik
Icelandic:	eiga upptök í, að
Indonesian:	berasal
Italian:	dare origine; avere origine

Japanese:	始める
Korean:	시작하다; 시작되다
Latvian:	radīt, veidot; rasties, veidoties
Lithuanian:	atsirasti, kilti, duoti pradžią
Norwegian:	skape, være opphav til, oppstå
Polish:	zrodzić się, brać początek
Portuguese (Brazil):	dar origem a, nascer, surgir
Portuguese (Portugal):	nascer
Romanian:	aşi avea originea; a lua naştere
Russian:	давать, брать начало
Slovak:	zrodiť sa
Slovenian:	izvirati
Spanish:	originar, crear, dar lugar a
Swedish:	uppstå, uppkomma, härröra
Turkish:	ortaya çıkmak

See also: origins, original, originality, origin

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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.

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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.

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