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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Hierophant :: Hierophant (n.) The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion..
Apostle :: Apostle (n.) The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance..
Initiate :: Initiate (a.) Unpracticed; untried; new.
Baptism :: Baptism (v. i.) The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of Christ. This is performed by immersion, sprinkling, or pouring..
Fleshed :: Fleshed (a.) Glutted; satiated; initiated.
Initiate :: Initiate (v. i.) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
Initiated :: Initiated (imp. & p. p.) of Initiat.
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.
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..
Cryptonym :: Cryptonym (n.) A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.
Enter :: Enter (v. t.) To initiate; to introduce favorably.
Illuminize :: Illuminize (v. t.) To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati.
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..
Initiate :: Initiate (n.) One who is, or is to be, initiated..
Initiative :: Initiative (a.) Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
Tile :: Tile (v. t.) To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge..
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..
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..
Initiate :: Initiate (v. t.) To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
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