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originate

[uh-rij-uh-neyt]

verb (used without object)

originated, originating 
  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)

originated, originating 
  1. to give origin or rise to; initiate; invent.

    to originate a better method.

originate

/ əˈɪɪˌԱɪ /

verb

  1. to come or bring into being

  2. (intr) (of a bus, train, etc) to begin its journey at a specified point

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • originable adjective
  • origination noun
  • originator noun
  • self-originated adjective
  • self-originating adjective
  • self-origination noun
  • ˌˈԲپDz noun
  • ˈˌԲٴǰ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of originate1

First recorded in 1645–55; probably back formation from origination (from French ), from Latin ǰīپō “eٲ⳾DZDz”; origin, -ate 1, ion
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Toothless as we now know him originated expressly for the screen.

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Pierre: First and foremost, James Earl Jones originated Mufasa and is and always will be synonymous with Mufasa, and his portrayal is just so beautiful and timeless.

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These thunderstorms are associated with a Spanish Plume event, which is a complicated layer-cake of air stacked vertically in the atmosphere that originates from France, Spain and the Atlantic.

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However, some historians have claimed the cheese did, in fact, originate in the village in the 18th Century.

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As such, one could say that life on Earth as we know it in some way originated from a sound wave.

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