Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Originate \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.

Originate \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.

Source : WordNet®

originate
     v 1: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious
          movement originated in that country"; "a love that
          sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew
          out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon
          uprose" [syn: {arise}, {rise}, {develop}, {uprise}, {spring
          up}, {grow}]
     2: bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a
        foundation" [syn: {initiate}, {start}]
     3: begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus,
        etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"