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origins

/ˈɔɹədʒɪnz/

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noun

  1. plural of origin

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/ˈɔɹədʒɪnz/

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A glance over literature shows how the earliest scholars have aimed to study language with regard to its origins and character.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
The first explorers, he adds, did not always distinguish with sufficient care the vestiges of different epochs, the relics of diverse origins.
Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de NadaillacManners and Monuments of Prehistoric PeoplesTranslated by N. D'AnversProject Gutenberg ebook #3309
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The subject of Religious Origins is a fascinating one, as the great multitude of books upon it, published in late years, tends to show.
Edward CarpenterPagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and MeaningProject Gutenberg ebook #1561
He had to show that they admitted of explanation without assuming multiple origins for species, which would be fatal to the theory of Descent.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
He himself, although he was one of the strong, did not care to break any of the ties that bound him to his origins.
Georges Victor LegrosFabre, Poet of ScienceTranslated by Bernard MiallProject Gutenberg ebook #3489