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t. [ORIGIN, s.] To originate; to give rise to. "This proverb was origined ." - Fuller : Worthies , ii. 578. d-rig-in-a-ble, a. [Eng. origin; -able.] Capable of being originated. o-rig-in-al, *o-rig-in-all, *or-yg-yn-all, a. & s. [Fr. original , from Lat. original is , from origo (gen it. origin is )=an origin (q. v.); Sp. & Port . original ; Ital. origin ale .] IMG:content-0370.jpg:[graphic] I. As adjective : 1. Of or pertaining to the origin, beginning, or early state of anything; first, primary, primitive. "He was the original author of those sanguinary schemes."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. v. 2. Having the power or talent to originate new thoughts or combinations of thought. 1. The origin, beginning, cause, or source. 2. The first copy, the archetype; that from which anything is copied, transcribed, or translated; opposed to copy, duplicate, or replica. "Compare this translation with the original ."-Addi son. 3. The primary or primitive stock, root, or type from which various species have originated or been developed. "The originals of most of the provincial constitutions of Christen dom." -Daniel: Defense of Rhyme. 4. The language in which a work is written; as, to read a work in the original . 5. The sense, spirit, or character of that from which anything is copied, deduced, or derived. "They have something more or le of the original ." Dryden: Juvenal . (Ded.) 6. A person of marked peculiarity or individuality of character; an eccentric person. (1) Original bill in equity : Law : A bill relating to some matter not before litigated in the court by the same person standing in the interests. (2) Original - line , plane , or point : Perspective: A line, plane, or point referred to the original object. original-position, s. Music : A chord is said to be in its original position when the ground-note is in the ba ; in other words, before it has undergone inversion or when its upper notes are in the order 3, 5, 8. original-sin, s. 1. Protestant Theology: Sin for which each individual is held to be responsible before he has committed any actual transgre ion. It arises from the first sin of Adam in Paradise, opinions, however, differing as to the precise connection between the two. 2. Roman Theology : In the Small Catechism, published by authority, original sin is defined to be "that guilt and stain of sin which we inherit from Adam, who was the origin and head of all mankind." The Council of Trent defines that Adam lost original justice not only for himself but for his descendants, and that he poured ( transfudi e ) sin the death of the soul-into the whole human race. This is supported by a reference to Romans v. 12. The Council declared that nothing in the decree as to original sin was to apply to the Virgin Mary.