Verb

(originat)

To cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate.

*1998 , James Hebert, "Banderas puts his mark on 'Zorro'", San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Jul 1998:

*:For the first time since Douglas Fairbanks Sr. originated the role in the 1920 silent "The Mark of Zorro," the hero will be played by a Hispanic actor.

*2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, page 171:

*:The financial backers who originated the Encyclopédie project in 1745 had no idea about what they were getting into.

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To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to , be derived ((from), (with)).

The scheme originated with the governor and council.

Verb

(imitat)

To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.

* 1870 , Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste (page 170)

Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.

To copy.