ORIGINATE

originate, initiate, start

(verb) bring into being; “He initiated a new program”; “Start a foundation”

originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow

(verb) come into existence; take on form or shape; “A new religious movement originated in that country”; “a love that sprang up from friendship”; “the idea for the book grew out of a short story”; “An interesting phenomenon uprose”

originate

(verb) begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; “The flight originates in Calcutta”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

originate (third-person singular simple present originates, present participle originating, simple past and past participle originated)

(transitive) To cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate. [from 17th c.]

(intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with). [from 18th c.]

Synonyms

• (to bring into existence): begin, initiate; see also begin

• (to come into existence): spring to life, take shape; see also come into being

Antonyms

• terminate

• end

• destinate (computing)

Source: Wiktionary

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O*rig"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Originated; p. pr. & vb. n. Originating.] Etym: [From Origin.]

Definition: 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.

O*rig"i*nate, v. i.

Definition: To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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