Associations to the word «Initiate»

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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats