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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
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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Thesaurus Entries (5 more entries. View all »)
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  originate
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  arise, begin, birth, cause, coin, commence, contrive, create, develop, devise, discover, emanate, establish, father, formulate, found, generate, hatch, inaugurate, initiate, institute, introduce, invent, launch, make, produce, rise, spawn, spring, start, stem
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  begin
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To come into being.
Synonyms:  arise, commence, start
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  come
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To have as one's home or place of origin.
Synonyms:  hail
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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