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word go, from day one: Originally, we were to have gone in
Patrick's car.
originate v. 1 create, bring about, engender, give birth to, beget,
conceive, initiate, inaugurate, start, begin, introduce, launch,
found, set up, institute, establish, invent, coin, devise,
pioneer, design, contrive, concoct, mastermind, compose,
organize, formulate, form, generate, produce, develop, evolve:
Wasn't it the Chinese who originated free public health schemes?
2 arise, rise, begin, start, come, spring, stem, flow, issue,
emerge, emanate, proceed, grow, develop, evolve, derive, result:
Where did the idea of the democratic form of government
originate?
ornament n. 1 enhancement, embellishment, adornment, decoration,
ornamentation, gingerbread, trimming, garnish, garnishment,
frill, embroidery, beautification, accessory; frippery;
knick-knack, furbelow, bauble, gewgaw, Slang US tchotchke: We
spent a pleasant afternoon putting ornaments on the Christmas
tree. The ornaments on the mantelpiece needed dusting.
--v. 2 decorate, embellish, enhance, adorn, trim, garnish,
embroider, elaborate, beautify, accessorize, deck (out), dress
up: The cabinet is ornamented with ormolu fittings in the
Empire style.
ornamental
adj. decorative, beautifying, adorning, garnishing,
embellishing: Nothing in the house is ornamental, everything is
functional.
ornate adj. elaborate, florid, overdone, laboured, rococo, baroque,
gingerbread, arabesque, fancy, lavish, rich, flowery, busy,
fussy, frilly, intricate; high-flown, euphuistic, Ossianic,
bombastic, pompous, pretentious, affected, grandiose, fulsome,
highfalutin or hifalutin, grandiloquent, flamboyant: Louis
Quinze style is far too ornate for my tastes. We find his
writing, with its contorted artificialities, far too ornate to
appeal to the modern reader.
orthodox adj. conformist, accepted, authoritative, authorized,
recognized, received, official, standard, prevailing, prevalent,
common, regular, popular, ordinary, doctrinal, established,