Initial(a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
Initial(a.) Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
Initial(n.) The first letter of a word or a name.
Initial(v. t.) To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.
Initialed(imp. & p. p.) of Initial
Initialing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Initial
Initially(adv.) In an initial or incipient manner or degree; at the beginning.
Initiate(a.) Unpracticed; untried; new.
Initiate(a.) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
Initiate(n.) One who is, or is to be, initiated.
Initiate(v. i.) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
Initiate(v. t.) To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.
Initiate(v. t.) To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
Initiate(v. t.) To introduce into a society or organization; to confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
Initiated(imp. & p. p.) of Initiate
Initiating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Initiate
Initiation(n.) The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.
Initiation(n.) The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
Initiative(a.) Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
Initiative(n.) An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.
Initiative(n.) The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives.
Initiator(n.) One who initiates.
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