Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary. / In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.

(historical) A system proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983, to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles.

A ritual during which an initiate is admitted to an organization or given secret knowledge; sometimes contains one or more tests that have to be passed or endured

(archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of initiate

(nonstandard) On one's own initiative; without being prompted

present participle of initiate

plural of direct initiative

plural of initiation codon

plural of mixed initiative

plural of initiation