(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

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of initial

An abbreviation of a person's name, constructed by taking the initial letters of first, last, and sometimes middle name(s). See monogram

plural of initialism

plural of initial

plural of initiate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of initiate

The act of adding one's initials to a document rather than signing