Antonyms for originates


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-rij-uh-neyt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈrɪdʒ əˌneɪt


Definition of originates

Origin :
  • 1650s, probably a back-formation of origination. In earliest reference it meant "to trace the origin of;" meaning "to bring into existence" is from 1650s; intransitive sense of "to come into existence" is from 1775. Related: Originated; originating.
  • verb begin; spring
  • verb create, introduce
Example sentences :
  • In considering the third kind of sense, hearing, we must speak of the causes in which it originates.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • It originates not a single material of thought, volition, or action.
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various
  • What is it originates, directs, and controls the motive power?
  • Extract from : « On the Study of Zoology » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • If He originates all, he must originate evil as well as good.
  • Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
  • It originates in the spontaneous operation 78 of the whole mind.
  • Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker
  • It originates in the large cirque or ice-made cañon on the peak.
  • Extract from : « Your National Parks » by Enos A. Mills
  • Origin and extinction are not changes of that which originates or becomes extinct.
  • Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
  • What is it originates, directs and controls, the motive power?
  • Extract from : « Man's Place in Nature and Other Essays » by Thomas Henry Huxley
  • It is new, but has its root in the old; it is natural, but originates in the over-nature.
  • Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Book of Job » by Robert Watson
  • But the law is not a torch that sheds light that originates within itself.
  • Extract from : « The Law » by Frdric Bastiat

Synonyms for originates

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