originate
originate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 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 civill and political mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil order. Burke.
- 2.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 (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- accord
- activity
- adventure
- all
- and
- anvil
- apprentice
- authority
- begin
- beginning
- betake
- break
- broach
- business
- cause
- choice
- choose
- compact
- conation
- contract
- course
- desire
- determination
- determine
- devote
- discretion
- embark
- emprise
- engage
- engagement
- enjoin
- enterprise
- execution
- exercise
- fall
- fire
- first
- fit
- foot
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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