 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
initiate
noun
1: someone new to a field or activity [syn: {novice}, {beginner},
{tyro}, {tiro}]
2: someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly
field [syn: {learned person}, {pundit}, {savant}]
3: people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some
field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"
[syn: {enlightened}] [ant: {uninitiate}]
verb
1: bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a
foundation" [syn: {originate}, {start}]
2: take the lead or initiative in; participate in the
development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered
heart transplants" [syn: {pioneer}]
3: accept young people into society, usually with some rite;
"African men are initiated when they reach puberty" [syn:
{induct}]
4: bring up a topic for discussion [syn: {broach}]
5: prepare the way for; "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to
World War Two" [syn: {lead up}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Initiate \In*i"ti*ate\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Initiate \In*i"ti*ate\, verb (used without an object)
To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the
initiative. [R.] --Pope.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Initiate \In*i"ti*ate\, adjective [L. initiatus, p. p.]
1. Unpracticed; untried; new. [Obs.] ''The initiate fear that
wants hard use.'' --Shak.
2. Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the
rudiments; newly admitted.
To rise in science as in bliss,
Initiate in the secrets of the skies. --Young.
{Initiate tenant by courtesy} (Law), said of a husband who
becomes such in his wife's estate of inheritance by the
birth of a child, but whose estate is not consummated till
the death of the wife. --Mozley & W.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Initiate \In*i"ti*ate\, noun
One who is, or is to be, initiated.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
150 Moby Thesaurus words for "initiate":
Greek, abecedarian, accept, accomplished, activate, actuate, admit,
affiliate, alphabetarian, apprentice, articled clerk, associate,
at concert pitch, begin, beginner, belonger, boot, break ground,
break the ice, bring up, broach, brother, card-carrier,
card-carrying member, cardholder, career, catechumen,
charter member, christen, clubber, clubman, clubwoman, coach,
coached, commence, committeeman, comrade, conventioneer,
conventioner, conventionist, conversant, create, debutant, drill,
dues-paying member, enlist, enlistee, enroll, enrollee, enter,
enter on, enter upon, entrant, establish, fellow, finished,
fledgling, float, found, fraternity man, freshman, get going,
get off, get under way, give rise to, greenhorn, guildsman, head,
head up, honorary member, ignoramus, inaugurate, induct, inductee,
initiated, insider, install, instate, instigate, institute,
instruct, introduce, invent, invest, joiner, kick off, launch,
lead, lead off, lead the way, life member, lift up, member,
neophyte, new boy, newcomer, novice, novitiate, one of us, open,
ordain, originate, pioneer, pledge, postulant, practiced,
pre-educate, precede, prepared, primed, probationer, probationist,
professional, raise, raw recruit, recruit, ring in, rookie,
set agoing, set going, set in motion, set off, set on foot, set up,
sign on, sign up, sister, skilled, socius, sorority girl,
sorority woman, stand first, start, start going, start up, take in,
take the initiative, take the lead, take the plunge, take up,
teach, technical, tenderfoot, train, trained, trigger, turn on,
tutor, tyro, usher in
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