initiate
Dictionary
noun
- A new member of an organization.
- One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
verb
- 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.
- To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
adjective
- Unpractised; untried; new.
- Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
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