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Thesaurus: originate

To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.

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  1. v. t. To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.
  2. 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.
  3. v. come into existence; take on form or shape
  4. v. bring into being
  5. v. begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.
  6. 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. To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council.
  7. To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bringinto existence; to produce as new.A decomposition of the whole civill and political mass, for thepurpose of originating a new civil order. Burke.
  8. v:100 v. come into existence; take on form or shape v. bring into being v. begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.