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initiate
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)
- A new member of an organization.
- 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)
- (transitive) To begin; to start.
- 1859-1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilisation
- How are changes of this sort to be initiated?
- 1859-1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilisation
- 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
- 1653-1655, Henry More, An Antidote against Atheism
- 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.
- 1738-1741, William Warburton, Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated on the Principles of a Religious Deist
- (intransitive) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)
Antonyms
- (to begin): end, conclude, complete, finish
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
initiate (comparative more initiate, superlative most initiate)
- (obsolete) Unpractised; untried; new.
- (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
- vocative masculine singular of initi?tus
initiate From the web:
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- what initiates the sodium-potassium pump
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atherogenic
English
Etymology
From athero- +? -genic.
Adjective
atherogenic (comparative more atherogenic, superlative most atherogenic)
- (medicine) that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis
Translations
atherogenic From the web:
- atherogenic meaning
- what is atherogenic index
- what is atherogenic diet
- what is atherogenic dyslipidemia
- what is atherogenic lipoproteins
- what is atherogenic lipid profile
- what is atherogenic factor
- what is atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype
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