originate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: originate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for originate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
originate v 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" Synonym(s): originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" Synonym(s): originate, initiate, start begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Originate \Orig"inate\, 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 \Orig"inate\, 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.