Origination

O-rigˊi-na′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

originatio

.]

1.

The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.

“The origination of the universe.”

Keill.

What comes from spirit is a spontaneous

origination

.

Hickok.

2.

Mode of production, or bringing into being.

This eruca is propagated by animal parents, to wit, butterflies, after the common

origination

of all caterpillars.

Ray.

, n.

1 The act of bringing or coming into existence; first production.

Descartes first introduced the fancy of making a world, and deducing the origination of the universe from mechanical principles.

2.

Mode of production or bringing into being.

This eruca is propagated by animal parents, to wit, butterflies, after the common origination of all caterpillars.

origination ‎(countable and uncountable, plural originations)