"originate" meaning in English

See originate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt/ [UK] Audio: en-us-originate.ogg [US] Forms: originate [canonical], originates [third-person, singular], originated [past], originated [past, participle], originating [present, participle]
Etymology: origin + -ate Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|origin|ate}} origin + -ate Head templates: {{verb|originat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If a person or thing originates from something, they come from or are created by that thing.
    Sense id: simple-originate-en-verb-GNnJNcXf Categories (other): Verbs
  2. If you originate something, you are the first to think of or it or to do it.
    Sense id: simple-originate-en-verb-N-DWLptK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ate
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