Bible Dictionaries
Originate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.

(2):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Originate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/originate.html. 1828.