origination : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: origination	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
origination n an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events Synonym(s): origin, origination, inception the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" Synonym(s): initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Origination \Orig`ina"tion\, n. [L. originatio.] 1. The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production. [bd]The origination of the universe.[b8] --Keill. What comes from spirit is a spontaneous origination. --Hickok. 2. Mode of production, or bringing into being. This eruca is propagated by animal parents, to wit, butterflies, after the common origination of all caterpillars. --Ray.