initiate
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin initiātus, perfect passive participle of initiō (“to begin, originate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from initium (“a beginning”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from initus (“an entrance, coming in, approach”) + -ium, from ineō + -tus, from in- + eō (“to go”). Cognate with French initier.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: initiates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: initiating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: initiated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: initiated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: initiates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To begin; to start.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: How are changes of this sort to be initiated?
This is a very strong move, aptly timed. It initiates the tactical conception which routs Black's hopes.
Indigenous people, such as agriculturists, hunters, and pastoralists initiated a system of totemism and tabooism which in essence was a natural law against killing and eating certain animals.
A U235 bomb would therefore need to incorporate a gun weighing ten tons. Then there was the question of initiating or triggering the bomb.
Prior to firing the laser, a surgeon can preilluminate the area to be cut or ablated, enlarge or reduce the area, shape, or size, and then initiate the UV laser pulses for the actual ablation.
With the exception of anelloviruses, bidnaviruses, spiraviruses, and some inoviruses, the replicative protein of ssDNA viruses is the so-called HUH endonuclease that cuts genomic DNA at a specific site and initiates rolling circle (or rolling hairpin) replication.
Hall found the immediate cause at Rickerscote to have been the complete fracture of an axle on STS 53241, the freight train's ninth wagon. The fracture had been caused by fatigue initiated by corrosion pitting on the axle surface.
gloss: To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Divine Providence would only initiate and enter mankind into the useful knowledge of her, leaving the rest to employ our industry.
to initiate his pupil in any part of learning
gloss: To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The Athenians believed that he who was initiated and instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial honour after death.
He was initiated into half a dozen clubs before he was one and twenty.
gloss: To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The king himself initiates to the power; Scatters with quivering hand the sacred flour, And the stream sprinkles.
gloss: A new member of an organization.
pos: noun
gloss: One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
pos: noun
gloss: One who is oriented in and familiar with a topic or subject; especially, one who is an expert in it.
pos: noun
Antonyms: pause
halt
suspend
discontinue
finish
conclude
complete
stop
end
cease
Related words: initiable
initial
initialism
initialize
initials
initiation
initiative
initiator
resume
Derived words: initiatee
initiatic
noninitiated
noninitiating
overinitiate
overinitiated
photoinitiate
photoinitiated
preinitiated
reinitiate
self-initiate
uninitiate
uninitiated
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