Originated

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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