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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
originate/əˈrɪʤɪneɪt/
▶verb have a specified beginning: the word originated as a marketing term.

■ create or initiate.
– derivatives
origination noun,
originative adjective,
originator noun.



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