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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

origination
    n 1: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of
         subsequent events [syn: origin, origination,
         inception]
    2: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing
       something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an
       adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society" [syn:
       initiation, founding, foundation, institution,
       origination, creation, innovation, introduction,
       instauration]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Origination \O*rig`i*na"tion\, n. [L. originatio.]
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   1. The act or process of bringing or coming into existence;
      first production. "The origination of the universe."
      --Keill.
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            What comes from spirit is a spontaneous origination.
                                                  --Hickok.
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   2. Mode of production, or bringing into being.
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            This eruca is propagated by animal parents, to wit,
            butterflies, after the common origination of all
            caterpillars.                         --Ray.
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Thesaurus Results for origination:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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