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Create, initiate (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

originate

I believe this is a double definition.

'create' is the first definition.
(originating is a kind of creating)

'initiate' is the second definition.
(I know that initiate can be written as originate)

(Other definitions for originate that I've seen before include "Set up" , "Come into existence" , "Arise, start" , "pioneer" , "Cause to begin, be the first" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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