A new member of an organization. / One who has been through a ceremony of initiation. / One who is oriented in and familiar with a topic or subject, especially one who is expert in it.

(obsolete) Unpractised; untried; new. / (obsolete) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.

(transitive) To begin; to start. / To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce. / To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.

simple past tense and past participle of initiate

plural of initiate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of initiate

plural of initialization

One who, or that which, initializes. / (programming) A routine that prepares something for use.

plural of initializer

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of initialize