A decomposition of the whole civil and political mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil order. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
originate — o‧rig‧i‧nate [əˈrɪdʒneɪt] verb 1. [transitive] FINANCE to arrange and supply a loan, especially a mortgage (= loan for buying a house): • Commercial banks originated 42% of all mortgages last year compared with 32% the previous year. • The bank… … Financial and business terms
originate — orig·i·nate /ə ri jə ˌnāt/ vb nat·ed, nat·ing vt: to give rise to; specif: to issue (a mortgage loan) usu. for subsequent sale in a pool of mortgage loans to a secondary market compare service vi: to take or have origin orig·i·na·tion /ə ˌri jə… … Law dictionary
originate — [v1] begin; spring arise, be born, birth, come, come from, come into existence, commence, dawn, derive, emanate, emerge, flow, hail from, issue, proceed, result, rise, start, stem; concepts 105,221 Ant. end, finish, terminate originate [v2]… … New thesaurus
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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
originate in — index emanate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
originate — (v.) 1650s, probably a back formation of origination (1640s), from M.Fr. origination, from L. originationem (nom. originatio), from originem (see ORIGINAL (Cf. original)). In earliest reference it meant to trace the origin of; meaning to bring… … Etymology dictionary
originate — rise, derive, arise, *spring, flow, issue, emanate, proceed, stem Analogous words: *begin, commence, start … New Dictionary of Synonyms
originate — ► VERB 1) have a specified beginning. 2) create or initiate. DERIVATIVES origination noun originator noun … English terms dictionary
originate — [ə rij′i nāt΄] vt. originated, originating [< ML originatus, pp. of originari, to begin < L origo: see ORIGIN] to bring into being; esp., to create (something original); invent vi. to come into being; begin; start SYN. RISE origination n.… … English World dictionary
originate */*/ — UK [əˈrɪdʒəneɪt] / US [əˈrɪdʒəˌneɪt] verb Word forms originate : present tense I/you/we/they originate he/she/it originates present participle originating past tense originated past participle originated 1) [intransitive] to begin to exist or… … English dictionary
