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Initiate
Initiate In*i"ti*ate, n.
One who is, or is to be, initiated.
Initiate
Initiate In*i"ti*ate, v. i.
To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the
initiative. [R.] --Pope.
InitiateInitiate 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.
Meaning of Initiates from wikipedia
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initiator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
initiator can
refer to: A
person who
instigates something.
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initiate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Initiate may
refer to: The
Initiate, a 1920
series of
three occult books by
Cyril Scott "The
Initiate",...
- West
Africa initiates girls into
adulthood by
rituals including female genital mutilation.
Chinese boys,
under the
Rites of Zhou,
initiate their adulthood...
- The
Initiate: Some
Impressions of A
Great Soul is a
combined anthology and
parable dealing with the occult,
written by the
British composer Cyril Scott...
- The
initiator element (Inr),
sometimes referred to as
initiator motif, is a core
promoter that is
similar in
function to the
Pribnow box (in prokaryotes)...
- The
Initiated (Russian: Посвящённый) is a 1989
Soviet drama film
directed by Oleg Teptsov. The film
tells about a man who has the
ability to
punish people...
- In chemistry,
radical initiators are
substances that can
produce radical species under mild
conditions and
promote radical reactions.
These substances...
-
computer data storage, a SCSI
initiator is the
endpoint that
initiates a SCSI session, that is,
sends a SCSI command. The
initiator usually does not provide...
-
Three Initiates 1908, p. 28 (excessive
capitalization removed).
Three Initiates 1908, p. 30 (excessive
capitalization removed).
Three Initiates 1908,...
- In pyrotechnics, a
pyrotechnic initiator (also
initiator or igniter) is a
device containing a
pyrotechnic composition used
primarily to
ignite other,...
