O*rig"i*nate (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Originated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Originating.] [From Origin.] To give
an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence;
to produce as new.
A decomposition of the whole civill and political
mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil
order.
Burke.O*rig"i*nate, v. i. To take first
existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as,
the scheme originated with the governor and council.