Definitions from Wiktionary (originate)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to be; to bring (someone or something) into existence; to produce or initiate a person or thing.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with).
▸ adjective:  (obsolete, rare, with 'upon') Founded on, having its origin in (something).

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