originate

originate verb activate, arouse, author, awaken, beget, begin, break ground, breed, bring about, bring into existence, bring on, bring to pass, cause, coin, commence, compose, conceive, concoct, contrive, create, devise, draft, effect, elicit, engender, engineer, establish, evoke, fabricate, father, forge, form, formulate, found, frame, generate, get going, get up, give birth to, give impulse to, give origin to, give rise to, handsel, improvise, inaugurate, induce, inspire, institute, introduce, invent, kindle, launch, lay the foundation for, lead, make, make up, manufacture, mount, open, pioneer, plan, precipitate, prepare, produce, promote, prompt, propagate, provoke, raise, set afloat, set going, set in motion, set up, sire, start, stimulate, take the first step, take the initiative, take the lead, think up, trigger, undertake, usher in

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See also: accrue, arise, build, cause, commence, compose, conceive, conjure, constitute, create, embark, engender, establish, forge, formulate, frame, generate, increase, induce, initiate, inspire, invent, launch, legislate, maintain, make, manufacture, produce, propagate, provoke, result, stem, unveil