initiate

i-ni-ti-ate · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To cause something to begin; to start.

  2. 2.

    A person who has been newly introduced to something.

  3. 3.

    To admit someone into a group, often with a special ceremony.

  4. 4.

    To introduce someone to a subject or activity.

Related words

Antonyms: conclude, end, terminate
See also: begin, initial, initiation
Synonyms: begin, launch, start

Etymology

From Latin initiatus, past participle of initiare ("to begin"), from initium ("beginning"), from inire ("to go in").