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ORIGINATE IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Come from
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "originate in"):
stem (grow out of, have roots in, originate in)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Context examples:
Hearing loss due to disease of the AUDITORY PATHWAYS (in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM) which originate in the COCHLEAR NUCLEI of the PONS and then ascend bilaterally to the MIDBRAIN, the THALAMUS, and then the AUDITORY CORTEX in the TEMPORAL LOBE.
(Central Hearing Loss, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The C-shaped bundle of axons in the midline of the brain which originate in both hemispheres of the hippocampus and project to the contralateral hippocampus and septum, mammillary body, and the anterior nucleus of the thalamus.
(Cerebral Fornix, NCI Thesaurus)
There was a superstition among us that this cap had come from France, and could only originate in the workmanship of that ingenious nation: but all I certainly know about it, is, that it always made its appearance of an evening, wheresoever Mrs. Markleham made HER appearance; that it was carried about to friendly meetings in a Hindoo basket; that the butterflies had the gift of trembling constantly; and that they improved the shining hours at Doctor Strong's expense, like busy bees.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
