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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. come into existence; take on form or shape;
- Example: "A new religious movement originated in that country"
- Example: "a love that sprang up from friendship"
- Example: "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"
- Example: "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
[syn: originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spring up
    v 1: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new
         religious movement originated in that country"; "a love
         that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book
         grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon
         uprose" [syn: originate, arise, rise, develop,
         uprise, spring up, grow]