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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Originate

/ẽr-ĭj'-ən-ātˌ/ · O·rig·i·nate · IPA /əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪt/
01 v. t. To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.
imp. & p. p. Originated; p. pr. & vb. n. Originating
  1. 1.
    To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.
    “A decomposition of the whole civil and political mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil order.” — Burke.
02 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.
  1. 1.
    To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council.