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. [1913 Webster] A decomposition of the whole civil and political mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil order. --Burke. [1913 Webster]