begin; be created; result from; develop; be born; be produced
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(v. t.)
To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.
To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council.
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.
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.
originate
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: arise, rise, develop, uprise, 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"
To cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the existence of.
Argreu = v. to inchoate, to originate
Cysefino = v. to originate
Gwreiddio = v. to root, to 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"
(synonym) arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
(hypernym) become
(hyponym) resurge
(verb-group) develop
(derivation) origin, origination, inception
2. bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
(synonym) initiate, start
(hypernym) make, create
(hyponym) lead up, initiate
(see-also) originate in
(derivation) origin, origination, inception
3. begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"
(hypernym) begin, start
(derivation) beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
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