initiate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Late Latin initiātus, perfect passive participle of initiō (“begin, originate”), from initium (“a beginning”), from ineō (“go in, enter upon, begin”), from in + eō (“go”).
Noun [edit]
initiate (plural initiates)
- A new member of an organization.
- One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
Translations [edit]
A new member of an organization
One who has been through a ceremony of initiation
Verb [edit]
initiate (third-person singular simple present initiates, present participle initiating, simple past and past participle initiated)
- (transitive) To begin; to start.
- The process has been initiated.
- To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
- John Locke
- To initiate his pupil into any part of learning, an ordinary skill in the governor is enough.
- John Locke
- To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
- (intransitive) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
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Translations [edit]
to begin; to start
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External links [edit]
- initiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- initiate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- initiate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Latin [edit]
Participle [edit]
initiāte
- vocative masculine singular of initiātus
