originate

  • 21originate from — phr verb Originate from is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑religion …

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  • 22originate — verb ( nated; nating) Date: 1667 transitive verb to give rise to ; initiate intransitive verb to take or have origin ; begin Synonyms: see spring • origination noun • originator …

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  • 23originate — verb a) To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new; to be the first actor to play (a role) For the first time since Douglas Fairbanks Sr. originated the role in the 1920 silent The Mark of Zorro …

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  • 24originate — Synonyms and related words: arise, author, be born, bear, become, beget, begin, birth, break ground, break out, break the ice, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring into being, bring to effect, bring to pass, burst forth, call into being, cause …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25originate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. start, invent, begin, inaugurate, initiate, cause; proceed, spring. See beginning, imagination. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To have a beginning] Syn. start, arise, dawn; see arise 3 , begin 2 . 2. [To… …

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  • 26originate — To call another computer and connect to it. The originating computer is the one that placed the telephone call (as opposed to the BBS, which is the answering computer) …

    Dictionary of telecommunications

  • 27originate — o·rig·i·nate || É™ rɪdÊ’É™neɪt v. begin; be created; result from; develop; be born; be produced …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 28originate — verb have a specified beginning: the word originated as a marketing term. ↘create or initiate. Derivatives origination noun originative adjective originator noun …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29originate — I. v. a. Create, bring into existence, be the author of, be the cause of, give rise to, cause to be. II. v. n. Arise, rise, begin, spring, proceed, emanate, flow, take its rise …

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  • 30originate — verb 1) the disease originates in Africa Syn: arise, have its origin, begin, start, stem, spring, emerge, emanate 2) Tom originated the idea Syn: invent, create, initiate, devise …

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