Hypertext Webster Gateway: "originate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Originate \O*rig"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Originated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Originating}.] [From {Origin}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Originate \O*rig"i*nate\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
originate
v 1: 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" [syn:
{arise}, {rise}, {develop}, {uprise}, {spring up}, {grow}]
2: bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a
foundation" [syn: {initiate}, {start}]
3: begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus,
etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"
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