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originant, a. (n.)|ɒˈrɪdʒɪnənt| [f. origin-ate v. + -ant; cf. militate, militant.] Originating. a. That gives origin to something else.
1647M. Hudson Div. Right Govt. ii. ix. 129 The originant principall end..is the glory of God. 1825Coleridge Aids Refl. (1848) I. 209 No natural thing or act can be called originant, or be truly said to have an origin in any other. 1832Fraser's Mag. VI. 336 In virtue of this originant power of his will. 1868W. G. T. Shedd Homiletics V. (1869) 119 Not equal in true productive force, in real originant and influential power. b. Arising, taking its origin; = originary 3.
1825Coleridge Aids Refl. (1873) 226 Sin originant, underived from without. B. as n. Originating agent or influence.
1892Traill Mrq. Salisbury xii. 187 The real originant of Irish disorder. |