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Originate

/əˈrɪdʒəˌneɪt/
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(verb) To cause (someone or something) to be; to bring (someone or something) into existence; to produce or initiate a person or thing.

The agonies of the machine age do not originate from the machines as such.
I must know where these quotations originate.
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