initiate
English
Etymology
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Borrowed from Latin initiātus, perfect passive participle of initiō (“begin, originate”), from initium (“a beginning”), from ineō (“go in, enter upon, begin”), from in + eō (“go”).
Pronunciation
Noun
initiate (plural initiates)
- A new member of an organization.
- One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
Translations
A new member of an organization
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One who has been through a ceremony of initiation
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Verb
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- (transitive) To begin; to start.
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- How are changes of this sort to be initiated?
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- To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
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- Providence would only initiate mankind into the useful knowledge of her treasures, leaving the rest to employ our industry.
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- To initiate his pupil into any part of learning, an ordinary skill in the governor is enough.
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- To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
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- The Athenians believed that he who was initiated and instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial honour after death.
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- He was initiated into half a dozen clubs before he was one and twenty.
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- (intransitive) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
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Antonyms
Related terms
Translations
to begin; to start
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to instruct in the rudiments
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to confer membership on
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Adjective
initiate (comparative more initiate, superlative most initiate)
- (obsolete) Unpractised; untried; new.
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- the initiate fear that wants hard use
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- (obsolete) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
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- To rise in science as in bliss, / Initiate in the secrets of the skies.
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Further reading
- “initiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “initiate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “initiate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) initiāte
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