originate
uh ri juh nayt
- v come into existence; take on form or shape
A new religious movement originated in that country - v bring into being
- v begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.
The flight originates in Calcutta
- A first-century BC tablet, thought to originate from the Jordanian bank of the Dead Sea, that tells the story of a Messiah who rose again after three days from the grave.
- Did Earth Shoes originate somewhere in Scandinavia? No, Milan.
- Alber, 45, does not attribute any grandiose meaning to clothes: the transformation a woman feels when she puts on one of his dresses should originate in her rather than the cloth.