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[ II. in trans. To arise; originate. This proverb origined whilest England and Wales were at deadly feude. Fuller , Worthies, Cardigan, III. 520. origin able (ō-rij'i-na-bl), a. [ ate ) + -able .] Capable of being originated. original (ō-rij'i-nal), a . and n. [ original , original , originel = Sp. Pg. origi nal = It. origin ale , original is , primitive, original, origo ( origin- ), beginning, source, origin: see origin .] I. a. 1. Pertaining to the origin or beginning; initial; primal; first in order; preceding all others: as, the original state in which man was created; the original edition of a book. Thus maie no reason well forsake That thilke sinne original . Gower, Conf. Amant., v. Concerning the original Language of Spain, it was, with out any Controversy, the Bascuence or Cant a brian. Howell, Letters, ii. 59. The original question was, Whether God hath forbidden the giving any worship to himself by an image? Stilling fleet. 2. Pertaining to or characteristic of the first or earliest stage or state of anything; first or earlier as opposed to later; primeval; primi tive; pristine. His form had yet not lost All her original brightne , nor appear'd Le than archangel ruin'd. Milton , P. L., 1. 592. 3. Having the power to initiate or suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; creative, as author, artist, philosopher, etc.: as, an origi nal genius. He [Henrys on] had studied Chaucer with the ardour and insight of an original mind. T. H. Ward, English Poets, I. 137. 4. Produced directly by an author, artist, or authority; not copied, imitated, translated, or transcribed: as, the original document; the original Greek text; the original painting. In the author's original copy there were not so many chasms as appear in the book. Swift , Tale of a Tub, Apol. Afterwards dishonestly reprinted as an original article. Sumner, Hon. John Pick ering: Hence-5. Fresh; novel; new; striking; never before thought of or used: as, an original idea or plan; an original invention. Abbreviated orig . Original bills in equity. See bill3. - Original certainty, the certainty of an intuitive or self-evident truth. Original charter, invoice, jurisdiction, key. See the nouns.-Original line, plane, or point, in persp., a line, plane, or point referred to the original object. - Original package, position. See the nouns. - Original qualities, primary qualities, in the sense given to that term by Locke; qualities which are in the things themselves, whether they are perceived or not. - Original Seceders. See seceder. Original sin. See sin. Original writ, in law, a mandatory letter i uing out of the Court of Chancery, which 4155 This same progeny of evils comes From our debate, from our di ension; We are their parents and original. Shak., M. N. D., ii. 1. 117. Where our original is known, we are the le confident; among strangers we trust fortune. B. Jonson, Discoveries. She is really a good sort of woman, in spite of her low original. 3. That from which anything is derived; source of being or existence; cause; occasion. O glotonye, full of cursedne e; O cause first of our confusioun, O original of our dampnacioun, Smollett . Til Crist had bought us with his blood agayn! Chaucer, Pardoner's Tale, 1. 38. External material things, as the objects of sensation, and the operations of our own minds within, as the objects of reflection, are to me the only originals from whence all our ideas take their beginnings. Locke, Human Understanding, II. i. § 4. 4. A primary stock or type from which varieties have been developed: as, the dhole of India is supposed to have been the original of the dog. - 5t. Earliest condition; primal or primitive state; pristine condition, resources, etc. Fish will returne an honest gaine, besides all other aduantages, her treasures hauing yet neuer beene opened, nor her originals wasted, consumed, nor abused. Capt. John Smith , Works, II. 187. His darling sons, Hurl'd headlong to partake with us, shall curse Their frail original and faded bli , Faded so soon. Milton , P. L., ii. 375. 6. First form; archetype; that which is copied, imitated, transcribed, or translated. Specifically -(a) A person portrayed; a person as distinguished from his portrait, or from any work for which he serves as model or artistic motive. But here is there is the picture-... There, sir (flings it to him), and be a ured I throw the original from my heart as easily. Sheridan, The Rivals, iv. 2. (6) A work of art as first produced, and contradistinguished from a replica or duplicate made by the artist himself, and from a copy, mechanical reproduction, or imitation. (c) A writing, document, or literary production, as dist in guished from a transcription, paraphrase, modernization, or translation; also, the language in which a work was first composed. Ere this time the Hebrew tongue might have been gained, that the Scriptures may now be read in their own original. Milton. Compare this translation with the original , [the reader) will find that the three first stanzas are rendered almost word for word, and not only with the same elegance, but with the same short turn of expre ion. Add is on, Spectator, No. 229. 7. A person who produces a novel and unique impre ion; a person of marked individuality of character; an eccentric person; an oddity. A man may be an original. Wycherley, Plain Dealer. Mr. Doggett, the greatest original in low comedy that has ever yet appeared. Life of Quin (reprint 1887), p. 16.