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originate
verb
    tr & intr
    originated, originating
    1. To bring or come into being; to start.
      Thesaurus: emanate, emerge, evolve; create, invent, conceive; launch, pioneer, found, begin, commence, start; Antonym: end, terminate.
Derivative: origination
noun
    Derivative: originative
    adj
      With the power to originate or bring into existence; creative.
    Derivative: originator
    noun
      An author, inventor or creator.
        Thesaurus: creator, architect, author, inventor, founder, mother, father, pioneer.
    Etymology: 17c.



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