| Original (original) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| O*rig"i*nal |
| [F.
original, L. originalis.]
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Pertaining to the origin or beginning;
preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine;
as, the original state of man; the original laws of a
country; the original inventor of a process.
Not copied, imitated, or translated; new;
fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original
process; the original text of Scripture.
Having the power to suggest new thoughts
or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original
genius.
Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book
full of original matter.
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| Original (original) |
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| n. | |
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| O*rig"i*nal |
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Origin; commencement; source.
That which precedes all others of its
class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art,
manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy,
translation, etc.
An original thinker or writer; an
originator.
A person of marked eccentricity.
The natural or
wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been
derived] as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of
the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum.
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