Antonyms for originate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-rij-uh-neyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈrɪdʒ əˌneɪt |
Definition of originate
Origin :- 1650s, probably a back-formation of origination. In earliest reference it meant "to trace the origin of;" meaning "to bring into existence" is from 1650s; intransitive sense of "to come into existence" is from 1775. Related: Originated; originating.
- verb begin; spring
- verb create, introduce
- This was a moment of exquisite satisfaction; but whence did it originate?
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- Such whims are only impressive as we originate them, I think; they are not to be communicated.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- By whom were they exhibited, or with whom did they originate?
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- Inflammations of the body come from burnings and inflamings, and all of them originate in bile.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- But from what quarter is this universal empire in Europe to originate?
- Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX » by Various
- One often detects an article which genius alone could originate and produce.
- Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
- His disgust for them did not, indeed, originate with himself.
- Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
- They bear not the impress of the age in which they originate, and will not wear out with it.
- Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 » by Various
- It did not originate with him, and his wife is altogether out of the picture.
- Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
- If He originates all, he must originate evil as well as good.
- Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
Synonyms for originate
- arise
- be born
- birth
- break the ice
- bring about
- cause
- coin
- come
- come from
- come into existence
- come up with
- commence
- compose
- conceive
- dawn
- derive
- develop
- discover
- emanate
- emerge
- evolve
- flow
- form
- formulate
- found
- generate
- give birth to
- hail from
- hatch
- inaugurate
- initiate
- innovate
- institute
- invent
- issue
- launch
- make
- open up
- parent
- pioneer
- proceed
- procreate
- produce
- result
- rise
- set in motion
- set up
- spark
- spawn
- start
- stem
- think up
- usher in
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