origInate

t. & i. [Eng.origin; -ate.] A. Trans .: To give origin, source, or beginning to; to cause to exist or be; to be the cause, origin, or beginning of; to bring into existence. B. In trans.: To take origin or beginning; to have origin; to rise, to begin. "The least of our concerns (since from the least The greatest oft originate)."- Cowper: Task, ii. 168. ō-rig-1-nā-tion, s. [Lat. originatio.] 1. The act of originating; the act of bringing into existence; the state of being originated or brought into existence; first production; origin. 2. Origin, source, rise. "New streams Return from whence they had origination." Brome: Paraphrase on Ecclesiastes, i. 2934 2. Astron.: One of the fifteen ancient southern constellations, visible at some season of the year in every land, and a very conspicuous object in the winter sky. A line through the Pole Star and Capella, if produced, will cut it. It is somewhat quadrilateral in form, but has been supposed also to resemble the human form of the mythic giant Orion. 3. Script .: The kesil of Job ix. 9, xxxviii. 31, and Amos v. 8, is generally believed to be correctly rendered Orion. Kesil means foolish, or a fool, imply ing that the giant constellation, trusting to its size, was foolish enough to defy Heaven.