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English

Adjective

coed (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of co-ed
   • 2010, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1694: Like A Hampshire Bathroom [comment]

     It was always one of the more awkward moments back in college when you would go into one of the (coed) restrooms and there’d be a couple people clearly goin’ at it in the shower.

Noun

coed (plural coeds)

1. Alternative form of co-ed

Anagrams

• Deco, OECD, code, deco, ecod

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ko?d, from Proto-Celtic *kaitos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ko???d/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /k?i?d/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ko?d/

Noun

coed f or f pl (plural coedydd or coedau, singulative coeden)

1. (collective) wood, timber
2. trees

Synonyms

• (South Wales) colfenni
• (literary) gw?dd
• (literary) prennau

Derived terms

• Betws-y-Coed
• coedio
• coediog
• coedwig

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “coed”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin initi?tus, perfect passive participle of initi? (“begin, originate”), from initium (“a beginning”), from ine? (“go in, enter upon, begin”), from in + e? (“go”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /??n??.?.e?t/
• (noun, adjective) IPA^(key): /??n??.?.?t/
• Hyphenation: ini?ti?ate

Noun

initiate (plural initiates)

1. A new member of an organization.
2. One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.

Translations

Verb

initiate (third-person singular simple present initiates, present participle initiating, simple past and past participle initiated)

1. (transitive) To begin; to start.
   • 1859-1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilisation

     How are changes of this sort to be initiated?

2. To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
   • 1653-1655, Henry More, An Antidote against Atheism

     Divine Providence would only initiate and enter mankind into the useful knowledge of her, leaving the rest to employ our industry.

   • to initiate his pupil in any part of learning

3. To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
   • 1738-1741, William Warburton, Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated on the Principles of a Religious Deist

     The Athenians believed that he who was initiated and instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial honour after death.

   • He was initiated into half a dozen clubs before he was one and twenty.

4. (intransitive) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.

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Antonyms

• (to begin): end, conclude, complete, finish

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

initiate (comparative more initiate, superlative most initiate)

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

Further reading

• initiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• initiate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• initiate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Participle

initi?te

1. vocative masculine singular of initi?tus