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origination
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Origination \O*rig`i*na"tion\, n. [L. originatio.]
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1. The act or process of bringing or coming into existence;
first production. "The origination of the universe."
--Keill.
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What comes from spirit is a spontaneous origination.
--Hickok.
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2. Mode of production, or bringing into being.
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This eruca is propagated by animal parents, to wit,
butterflies, after the common origination of all
caterpillars. --Ray.
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