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Initiate
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What's The Definition Of Initiate?
[n] people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"
[n] someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field [n] someone new to a field or activity [adj] having been introduced to something new [v] prepare the way for; "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War Two" [v] bring up a topic for discussion [v] bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" [v] take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants" [v] accept young people into society, usually with some rite; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty" Synonyms | Synonyms for Initiate: beginner | broach | enlightened | experienced | induct | initiated | lead up | learned person | novice | originate | pioneer | pundit | savant | start | tiro | tyro Related Terms | Find terms related to Initiate: abecedarian | accept | accomplished | activate | actuate | admit | affiliate | alphabetarian | apprentice | articled clerk | associate | at concert pitch | begin | beginner | belonger | boot | break ground | break the ice | bring up | broach | brother | card-carrier | card-carrying member | cardholder | career | catechumen | charter member | christen | clubber | clubman | clubwoman | coach | coached | commence | committeeman | comrade | conventioneer | conventioner | conventionist | conversant | create | debutant | drill | dues-paying member | enlist | enlistee | enroll | enrollee | enter | enter on | enter upon | entrant | establish | fellow | finished | fledgling | float | found | fraternity man | freshman | get going | get off | get under way | give rise to | Greek | greenhorn | guildsman | head | head up | honorary member | ignoramus | inaugurate | induct | inductee | initiated | insider | install | instate | instigate | institute | instruct | introduce | invent | invest | joiner | kick off | launch | lead | lead off | lead the way | life member | lift up | member | neophyte | new boy | newcomer | novice | novitiate | one of us | open | ordain | originate | pioneer | pledge | postulant | practiced | precede | pre-educate | prepared | primed | probationer | probationist | professional | raise | raw recruit | recruit | ring in | rookie | set agoing | set going | set in motion | set off | set on foot | set up | sign on | sign up | sister | skilled | socius | sorority girl | sorority woman | stand first | start | start going | start up | take in | take the initiative | take the lead | take the plunge | take up | teach | technical | tenderfoot | train | trained | trigger | turn on | tutor | tyro | usher in See Also | abecedarian | activate | actuate | address | admit | apprentice | arrange | attempt | bring about | cause | constitute | cover | create | cub | date back | date from | deal | devise | discuss | do | entrant | establish | fledgeling | fledgling | found | freshman | get up | go back | greenhorn | handle | include | initiate | initiate | innovate | institute | introduce | landlubber | landsman | launch | lead up | learner | let in | lubber | machinate | make | mount | neophyte | newcomer | organise | organize | originate | originate in | people | plant | plow | polymath | prentice | prepare | rookie | scholar | scholarly person | set | set about | set off | spark | spark off | stage | start | starter | strike up | student | talk over | tenderfoot | touch off | trainee | treat | trigger | trigger off | trip | undertake | unskilled person Initiate In Webster's Dictionary \In*i"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Initiated}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Initiating}.] [L. initiatus, p. p. of initiare to
begin, fr. initium beginning. See {Initial}.]
1. To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to
set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter
upon.
How are changes of this sort to be initiated? --I.
Taylor.
2. To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the
rudiments or principles; to introduce.
Providence would only initiate mankind into the
useful knowledge of her treasures, leaving the rest
to employ our industry. --Dr. H. More.
To initiate his pupil into any part of learning, an
ordinary skill in the governor is enough. --Locke.
3. To introduce into a society or organization; to confer
membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with
mysterious rites or ceremonies.
The Athenians believed that he who was initiated and
instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial
honor after death. --Bp.
Warburton.
He was initiated into half a dozen clubs before he
was one and twenty. --Spectator.
\In*i"ti*ate\, v. i. To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative. [R.] --Pope. \In*i"ti*ate\, a. [L. initiatus, p. p.] 1. Unpracticed; untried; new. [Obs.] ``The initiate fear that wants hard use.'' --Shak. 2. Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted. To rise in science as in bliss, Initiate in the secrets of the skies. --Young. {Initiate tenant by courtesy} (Law), said of a husband who becomes such in his wife's estate of inheritance by the birth of a child, but whose estate is not consummated till the death of the wife. --Mozley & W. \In*i"ti*ate\, n. One who is, or is to be, initiated. |
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