Part 5862

<blockquote>How are changes of this sort to be <b>initiated</b>? <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.</def>

<blockquote>Providence would only <b>initiate</b> mankind into the useful knowledge of her treasures, leaving the rest to employ our industry. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>initiate</b> his pupil into any part of learning, an ordinary skill in the governor is enough. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To introduce into a society or organization; to confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.</def>

<blockquote>The Athenians believed that he who was <b>initiated</b> and instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial honor after death. <i>Bp. Warburton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He was <b>initiated</b> into half a dozen clubs before he was one and twenty. <i>Spectator.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>In*i"ti*ate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Pope.</i>

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<hw>In*i"ti*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>initiatus</ets>, p. p.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Unpracticed; untried; new.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The <i>initiate</i> fear that wants hard use."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.</def>

<blockquote>To rise in science as in bliss, <b>Initiate</b> in the secrets of the skies. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Initiate tenant by courtesy</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>said of a husband who becomes such in his wife's estate of inheritance by the birth of a child, but whose estate is not consummated till the death of the wife.</cd></cs>

<i>Mozley & W.</i>

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<hw>In*i"ti*ate</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is, or is to be, initiated.</def>

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<hw>In*i`ti*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>initiatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>initiation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; <as>as, <ex>initiation</ex> into a society, into business, literature, etc.</as></def> "The <i>initiation</i> of coursers of events."

<i>Pope.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.</def>

<blockquote>Silence is the first thing that is taught us at our <b>initiation</b> into sacred mysteries. <i>Broome.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>In*i"ti*a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>initiatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.</def>