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o·rig·i·nate  (-rj-nt)

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.

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o·rigi·nation n.

o·rigi·native adj.

o·rigi·native·ly adv.

o·rigi·nator n.

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originate

Verb

[-nating, -nated] to come or bring (something) into existence: humans probably originated in East Africa

origination n
originator n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	originate - 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" arise, spring up, uprise, develop, grow, rise develop - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly"; become - come into existence; "What becomes has duration" resurge - rise again; "His need for a meal resurged"; "The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years" come forth, emerge - happen or occur as a result of something come, follow - to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" well up, swell - come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it" head - take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
	2.	originate - bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" initiate, start lead up, initiate - set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for; "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II" create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" set - apply or start; "set fire to a building" date back, date from, go back - belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years" originate in - come from
	3.	originate - begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta" begin, start - have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"

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originate

verb 1. begin, start, emerge, come, issue, happen, rise, appear, spring, flow, be born, proceed, arise, dawn, stem, derive, commence, emanate, crop up (informal) come into being, come into existence << OPPOSITE end

verb 2. invent, produce, create, form, develop, design, launch, set up, introduce, imagine, institute, generate, come up with (informal) pioneer, evolve, devise, initiate, conceive, bring about, formulate, give birth to, contrive, improvise, dream up (informal) inaugurate, think up, set in motion

Translations

originate [əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt] vi to originate from;

to originate in → surgir de, tener su origen en

originate [əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt] vi to originate from → être originaire de; [suggestion] → provenir de;

to originate in [custom] → prendre naissance dans, avoir son origine dans

originate [əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt] origin vi to originate in [idea, custom etc] → entstanden sein in +dat;

to originate with or from origin → stammen von

originate [əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt] vi to originate from → venire da, essere originario/a di; [suggestion] → provenire da;

to originate in → nascere in; [custom] → avere origine in