Definition of initiate

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Initiate (v. t.) To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.

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Initiatory :: Initiatory (a.) Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary..
Hierophant :: Hierophant (n.) The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion..
Initiate :: Initiate (n.) One who is, or is to be, initiated..
Initiative :: Initiative (a.) Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
Initiate :: Initiate (a.) Unpracticed; untried; new.
Initiate :: Initiate (v. t.) To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.
Initiator :: Initiator (n.) One who initiates.
Esoteric :: Esoteric (a.) Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric..
Initiate :: Initiate (a.) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted..
Mystery :: Mystery (a.) A kind of secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies; -- usually plural; as, the Eleusinian mysteries..
Initiation :: Initiation (n.) The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc..
Initiated :: Initiated (imp. & p. p.) of Initiat.
Tile :: Tile (v. t.) To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge..
Initiate :: Initiate (v. i.) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
Affiliate :: Affiliate (v. t.) To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; -- followed by to or with..
Enter :: Enter (v. t.) To initiate; to introduce favorably.
Cryptonym :: Cryptonym (n.) A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.
Initiate :: Initiate (v. t.) To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
Inaugurate :: Inaugurate (v. t.) To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate; -- used especially of something of dignity or worth or public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, etc..
Flesh :: Flesh (v. t.) To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time..
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