The Collaborative International Dictionary
Initiate \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.]
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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?
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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.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of initiate English)
Usage examples of "initiating".
Her current husband, Sinon, accompanied her as she performed her final sacrosanct duty: initiating the children who would grow up to be the captains of the next generation.
Before initiating the production, it dedicated whole weeks to see the old films in that Emily and Rachel had acted, and knew that there were very brief moments at which Rachel Evans demonstrated to have certain dose of genuine talent.
Not only was Todd sure the aide had been responsible for initiating the intruder probe, but defied all reason by carrying an explosive device on to a vessel assumed to be peaceful.
Two messages from the IG's office - two messages sent to the same person by different routes, and with an initiating code that wasn't in the book.
Carialle said, initiating the search sequence and letting it go through an automatic AI program.
Several set down their magical items, initiating an apparent truce for the duration.
They were suddenly obsessed with the notion of initiating their own piece table Once again the captain's table erupted into excited babble.
Sure wrecked the area,' Metrios said Rojer held up one hand, indicating he was initiating his query, but he sensed a definite eagerness in the atmosphere of the bridge.
He had thought that most merges occurred with the focus mind initiating the process, then including the others involved.
Kris began, initiating her morning routine by touching the arm of each in turn, "Good morning, Peggy.
Groghe was initiating pleasantries, and Robinton heard the grumbles of answers.
That or a method of initiating a fission chain reaction in stable atoms.
Once that’s done, we can start initiating rescue flights for the survivors.
Independent power cells kept the internal processors running, but it could now only access them through the communications blocks carried by the GSDI field agents, cutting down on the bandwidth available for surveillance and initiating possible counter-moves.
On this aircraft, we believe the initiating event was an erroneous fault reading, caused by a bad part.