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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 an action potential
evolve
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ?volv? (“unroll, unfold”), from ?- (“out of”) (short form of ex) + volv? (“roll”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??v?lv/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??v?lv/
- Hyphenation: e?volve
Verb
evolve (third-person singular simple present evolves, present participle evolving, simple past and past participle evolved)
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
- The animal soul sooner expands and evolves it self to its full orb and extent than the humane Soul
- 1840, William Whewell, The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences
- The principles which art involves, science alone evolves.
- 1870, John Shairp, Culture and Religion
- Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above.
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
- (intransitive) To change; transform.
- To come into being; develop.
- 1939, P. G. Wodehouse, Uncle Fred in the Springtime
- You will remove the pig, place it in the car, and drive it to my house in Wiltshire. That is the plan I have evolved.
- 1939, P. G. Wodehouse, Uncle Fred in the Springtime
- (biology) Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species, p. 502:
- There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.
- 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species, p. 502:
- (chemistry) To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction).
- (transitive) To cause something to change or transform.
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Translations
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?lve
Verb
evolve
- third-person singular present indicative of evolvere
Latin
Etymology
- (Classical) IPA(key): /e??u?ol.u?e/, [e??u????u??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e?vol.ve/, [??v?lv?]
Verb
?volve
- second-person singular present active imperative of ?volv?
Portuguese
Verb
evolve
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of evolver
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of evolver
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- what evolves into pikachu
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