Definition of initiate

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Initiate (v. i.) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.

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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..
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.
Principiate :: Principiate (v. t.) To begin; to initiate.
Enter :: Enter (v. t.) To initiate; to introduce favorably.
Initiate :: Initiate (n.) One who is, or is to be, initiated..
Initiated :: Initiated (imp. & p. p.) of Initiat.
Initiate :: Initiate (v. t.) To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
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..
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..
Initiatory :: Initiatory (a.) Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary..
Cryptonym :: Cryptonym (n.) A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.
Initiate :: Initiate (a.) Unpracticed; untried; new.
Fleshed :: Fleshed (a.) Glutted; satiated; initiated.
Initiate :: Initiate (a.) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted..
Illuminize :: Illuminize (v. t.) To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati.
Initiative :: Initiative (a.) Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
Initiation :: Initiation (n.) The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc..
Initiate :: Initiate (v. t.) To introduce into a society or organization; to confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies..
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..
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