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
Unless these ideas are self-originated they must have an external cause.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg
It, therefore, no more excuses or palliates, than does any other self-originated quality in sin.
From Sermons to the Natural Man by William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer) Shedd
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
Force cannot be self-originated any more than matter.
From Story of Creation as Told By Theology and By Science by T. S. (Thomas Suter) Ackland
