Definition of Originating

1. Verb. (present participle of originate) ¹

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Definition of Originating

1. originate [v] - See also: originate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Originating

original research
original sin
originalism
originalist
originalists
originalities
originality
originally
originalness
originals
originary
originate
originate in
originated
originates
originating
origination
origination fee
originations
originative
originatively
originator
originators
originless
origins
orillion
orillions
orillon
orillons
orinasal

Literary usage of Originating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1879)
"originating . . " offences will1, that punishment has the strongest reforming tendency, in ill-will, which is best calculated to weaken the force of the ..."

2. The Writings of James Madison: Comprising His Public Papers and His Private by James Madison, Gaillard Hunt (1904)
"JUNE 14—Originating OF MONEY BILLS. Mr. MADISON. Mr. Chairman, the criticism made by the honorable member, is, that there is an ambiguity in the words, ..."

3. Criminal Justice in Cleveland: Reports of the Cleveland Foundation Survey of by Cleveland Foundation, Roscoe Pound, Felix Frankfurter, Raymond Blaine Fosdick (1922)
"AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS USED IN DISPOSING OF CASES Originating IN THE SEVERAL COURTS, COMMON PLEAS COURT, 1919 With exceptions, so rare as to be negligible, ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"... Originating in the Mesoblastic Tissues (Sensations of Posture, Sensations of Passive Movement, Sensations of Muscular Contractions, Sensations of Active ..."

5. The Papers of James Madison: Purchased by Order of the Congress, Being His by James Madison (1840)
"... and the appointment by the Senate was agreed to, ncm. con. Mr. GERRY moved to restrain the Senatorial branch from originating money bills. ..."

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