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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Origination

/ẽr-ĭjˌ-ən-āsh'-ən/ · O·rig·i·na·tion · IPA /ərˌɪdʒənˈeɪʃən/
01 n. The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.
  1. 1.
    The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.
    “What comes from spirit is a spontaneous origination.” — Hickok.
  2. 2.
    Mode of production, or bringing into being.
    “This eruca is propagated by animal parents, to wit, butterflies, after the common origination of all caterpillars.” Ray.