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Initiate

noun
Word Frequency: 6.9

Definitions

1.nounA new member of an organization.
2.nounOne who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
3.verbTo begin; to start.
4.verbTo instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
5.verbTo confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
6.verbTo do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
7.adjectiveUnpractised; untried; new.
8.adjectiveBegun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.

Synonyms

inductoriginateexperiencedstartpioneerenlightenedpunditsavanttirolead upbeginnernovice

Antonyms

completeconcludeendfinish

Rhymes With

elucidatearticulatedesolatefacilitateprofligateexplicatedeliberatedelineate
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