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origination|ɒrɪdʒɪˈneɪʃən|
[a. obs. F. origination (15th c. in Godefroy), ad. L. orīginātio ‘derivation of words, tracing of origin’ (Quintil.), n. of action, as if f. a vb. *orīgināre, orīgināt-: see originate v.]
The action or fact of originating.
1. a. Coming into existence, commencement (in reference to its cause or source); rise, origin.
1647Jer. Taylor Lib. Proph. vii. 129 That promise..which did not pertaine to Peter principally and by origination, and to the rest by communication. 1649― Gt. Exemp. i. Ad §5. 59 Here is origination enough for sin..without charging our faults upon Adam. a1661Fuller Worthies i. (1662) 47, I begin with War, because Arms..had a military Origination. a1832Bentham Anarch. Fallacies Wks. 1843 II. 500 The origination of governments from a contract is a pure fiction. 1885Sir E. Fry in Law Times Rep. LII. 67/2 The proceeding..had, therefore, its proper origination in the petition which the statute requires.
b. Anat. The fact of arising or springing from some place or part; also concr., = origin n. 2 b.
1666J. Smith Old Age x. 65 Those muscles..notwithstanding their origination may be..from the back. 1717J. Keill Anim. Oecon. (1738) 170 Muscles whose Originations are as far distant as the Ischium. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 107 The origination of the post-abdominal ganglia.
2. The giving of origin; bringing into existence; original production or causation.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. v. v, That old Scotch Body named Lords of the Articles, without whose origination..the so-called Parliament could introduce no bill. 1851Carpenter Man. Phys. (ed. 2) 236 The origination of the change by an impression acting on the central organ. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 254 His notorious activity..may have easily connected him with the origination of the plan.
†3. spec. Derivation (of a word), etymology. Obs. (The only recorded sense of L. orīginātio.)
1614Selden Titles Hon. Pref. d ij, How currant went that idle Deduction of the Persian Sophi from Wollen Tulipants? It hauing origination in the Sophilar, Sophi, or Suffi. 1658W. Burton Itin. Anton. 24 We may by no means out of our old British Tongue seek the Originations also of Townes names in Africk. a1716South Serm. (1744) XI. 92 The origination of which word some take from the Hebrew. 1741Fielding Conversation Wks. 1784 IX. 362 Deduced from the origination of the word itself. |