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Webster 1913 Edition

Originate

O-rig′i-nate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Originated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Originating
.]
[From
Origin
.]
To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.
A decomposition of the whole civil and political mass, for the purpose of
originating
a new civil order.
Burke.

O-rig′i-nate

,
Verb.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Originate

ORIG'INATE

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce what is new.
The change is to be effected without a decomposition of the whole civil and political mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil order out of the elements of society.
That matter which cannot think, will, or originate motion, should communicate thought, volition and motivity, is plainly impossible.

ORIG'INATE

,
Verb.
I.
To take first existence; to have origin; to be begun. The scheme originated with the governor and council. It originated in pure benevolence.

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