originate
verb (used without object)
to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise.
self-originated
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a word derived from
originate.
Example Sentences
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Jones was also a prolific writer of children’s books, including self-originated fairytales such as Nicobobinus.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2020
A new, self-kindled light—and self-originated stimulus—was required, to vivify the embers of suspended hope and action, in a mass paralyzed for the moment, but every way capable of effort.
From The Two Great Retreats of History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery
And from this ONE, the self-originated God caused himself to shine forth; for which reason he is his own father, and self-originated.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
Self-valid and self-originated, it stands on immovable foundations.
From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain
We are conscious of ourselves not as self-originated at all or as self-sustained alone; but only as dependent, first for existence, ever since for support.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
