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originare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • engender verb To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
  • originate verb To come into existence, or to have a particular starting point.

Senses

originare is used for these senses in English:

  • originate (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to be; to bring (someone or something) into existence; to produce or initiate a person or thing. [from 17th c.]
  • originate (intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with). [from 18th c.]

engender — full definition

  1. verb To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
  2. verb To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
  3. verb To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
  4. verb To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.

originate — full definition

  1. verb To come into existence, or to have a particular starting point.
  2. verb To create or bring something into being.

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