Associations to the word «Initiate»
Noun
- Genome
- Tcp
- Contact
- Witchcraft
- Procedure
- Action
- Inquiry
- Plaintiff
- Request
- Swami
- Drainage
- Neurotransmitter
- Cleaning
- Seclusion
- Afterlife
- Promoter
- Bind
- Digestion
- Cleavage
- Initiate
- Agonist
- Vesicle
- Epsilon
- Arousal
- Ganglion
- Rebirth
- Lymphocyte
- Feasibility
- Fusion
- Trigger
- Osiris
- Tyrosine
- Template
- Privatization
- Ordeal
- Radical
- Neuron
- Secretion
- Cns
- Modernization
- Project
- Aggregation
- Cyclone
- Lipid
- Protein
- Strand
- Psi
- Restructuring
- Cult
- Mating
- Reorganization
- Veto
- Subunit
- Adhesion
- Estrogen
- Cell
- Templar
- Cloning
- Signalling
- Boycott
- Membrane
- Authorization
- Inflammation
- Inability
- Shamanism
- Docking
- Synapse
Adjective
Wiktionary
INITIATE, adjective. (obsolete) Unpractised; untried; new.
INITIATE, adjective. (obsolete) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
INITIATE, noun. A new member of an organization.
INITIATE, noun. One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
INITIATE, verb. (transitive) To begin; to start.
INITIATE, verb. To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
INITIATE, verb. To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
INITIATE, verb. (intransitive) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
Dictionary definition
INITIATE, noun. Someone new to a field or activity.
INITIATE, noun. Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field.
INITIATE, noun. People who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate".
INITIATE, verb. Bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation".
INITIATE, verb. Take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants".
INITIATE, verb. Accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty".
INITIATE, verb. Bring up a topic for discussion.
INITIATE, verb. Set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for; "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II".
Wise words
More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the
words men use.