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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]

—Related forms
o·rig·i·na·ble    Audio Help   [uh-rij-uh-nuh-buhl] Pronunciation Key, adjective
o·rig·i·na·tion, noun
o·rig·i·na·tor, noun

—Synonyms 3. See discover.
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