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originate

originate - verb

To cause to come into existence: beget, breed, create, engender, father, hatch, make, parent, procreate, produce, sire, spawn. See make.
To bring into existence formally: constitute, create, establish, found, institute, organize, set up, start. See start.
To bring into currency, use, fashion, or practice: introduce, launch. See start.
To come into being: arise, begin, commence, start. See start.
To begin to appear or develop: appear, arise, commence, dawn, emerge. See start.
To have as a source: arise, come, derive, emanate, flow, issue, proceed, rise, spring, stem, upspring. See start.
To have as one's home or place of origin: come, hail. See start.