Originating
[ə'ridʒineitiŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Originate
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Examples
- In one instance, spoken words and the singing of songs originating at a distance were heard perfectly by an audience of over five thousand people. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- With no more definite purpose than to escape the hazard of originating any other kind of action. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Thus any joke or story originating anywhere in that area was known the next day all over. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Inventors have rivalled one another in originating new forms of stitches. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I have unusual business to transact with you, and I commence by explaining that it is not of my originating. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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