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O*rig"i*nal (?), a. [F. original, L. originalis.]
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1. 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.
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His form had yet not lost
All her original brightness. Milton.
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2. Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.
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3. Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.
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4. Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.
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Original sin (Theol.), the first sin of Adam, as related to its consequences to his descendants of the human race; -- called also total depravity. See Calvinism.
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O*rig"i*nal, n. [Cf. F. original.]
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1. Origin; commencement; source.
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It hath it original from much grief. Shak.
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And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim. Addison.
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2. 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.
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The Scriptures may be now read in their own original. Milton.
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3. An original thinker or writer; an originator. [R.]
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Men who are bad at copying, yet are good originals. C. G. Leland.
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4. A person of marked eccentricity. [Colloq.]
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5. (Zo&ö;l. & Bot.) 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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