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originate
originate
verb
Definition of ORIGINATE
to come into existence <the theory of relativity originated with Albert Einstein>
Synonyms actualize, appear, arise, break, commence, dawn, engender, form, materialize, originate, set in, spring, start
Related Words be, breathe, exist, live, subsist; arrive, come on, emerge; coalesce, cohere, shape (up); continue, endure, last, persist, survive
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