See originate in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To cause to come into existence:
beget, breed, create, engender, father, hatch, make, parent, procreate, produce, sire, spawn. Idiom: give birth (or rise) to. See makeTo bring into existence formally:
constitute, create, establish, found, institute, organize, set up, start. See startTo bring into currency, use, fashion, or practice:
introduce, launch. See startTo come into being:
arise, begin, commence, start. See startTo begin to appear or develop:
appear, arise, commence, dawn, emerge. See startTo have as a source:
arise, come, derive, emanate, flow, issue, proceed, rise, spring, stem, upspring. See startTo have as one's home or place of origin:
come, hail2. See start
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