originate

Verb

Meaning

To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.

To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

initiate start develop begin arise spring up found create produce issue rise spring grow establish launch
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Antonyms

end terminate nick crown close complete
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Hypernyms

become make create start begin

Hyponyms

set come head follow emerge initiate

Phrases with the word

originate from to originate not originate

Derivatives

originated originating

Examples

There is one Physician, of flesh and of spirit, originate and unoriginate, God in man, true Life in death, son of Mary and son of God, first passible and then impassible: Jesus Christ our Lord. Ignatius of Antioch

I like fashion to go down to the street, but I can't accept that it should originate there. Coco Chanel

For valuing your own suffering sets on it the gold of a sun of pride. Suffering a lot can originate the illusion of being the Chosen of Pain. Fernando Pessoa

The state is therefore everyone; the rules within the state are laws which safeguard the welfare of all and which must originate from the welfare of all. Georg Büchner

Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and correction: but laws and customs cannot be creative of virtue: they may encourage and help to preserve it; but they cannot originate it. Harriet Martineau

To the Young Artists of Italy! The cry of rebellion that we launch, linking our ideals with those of the Futurist poets, does not originate in an aesthetic clique. It expresses the violent desire that stirs in the veins of every creative artist today. Umberto Boccioni

Close letter words and terms

originant originariness originary originate in originated from originating from