Originate /(?)/

O·rig·i·nate

Originate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Originated; p. pr. & vb. n. Originating

  1. 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.

Originate

v. i.
  1. To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council.