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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Initial \In*i"tial\, noun The first letter of a word or a name.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Initial \In*i"tial\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Initialed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Initialing}.] To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials. [R.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Initial \In*i"tial\, adjective [L. initialis, from initium a going in, entrance, beginning, fr. inire to go into, to enter, begin; pref. in- in + ire to go: cf. F. initial. See {Issue}, and cf. {Commence}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
2. Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
initial
adjective: occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation"
noun: the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name"
verb: mark with one's initials [also: {initialling}, {initialled}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
129 Moby Thesaurus words for "initial": OK, abecedarian, aboriginal, accept, accredit, affirm, alpha, alphabet, alphabetize, amen, antecedent, antenatal, approve, authenticate, authorize, autochthonous, autograph, basic, beginning, breaking-in, budding, capitalize, certify, character, commencing, confirm, cosign, countersign, creative, earliest, early, elemental, elementary, embryonic, endorse, fetal, first, first blush, first glance, first impression, first inning, first lap, first move, first round, first sight, first stage, first step, foremost, formative, foundational, fundamental, gambit, germinal, gestatory, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the imprimatur, give thumbs up, headmost, in embryo, in its infancy, in the bud, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incipient, incunabular, infant, infantile, initiative, initiatory, inscribe, introductory, inventive, le premier pas, leading, letter, maiden, mark, monogram, nascent, natal, notarize, opening, opening move, original, parturient, pass, pass on, pass upon, permit, pioneer, postnatal, pregnant, prenatal, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primitiveness, primitivity, primogenial, procreative, ratify, rubber stamp, rudimental, rudimentary, sanction, say amen to, seal, second, sign, sign and seal, subscribe to, support, swear and affirm, swear to, transcribe, transliterate, undersign, underwrite, ur, validate, visa, vise, warming-up, warrant
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