Part 5863

<h1>Initiative</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*i"ti*a*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>initiative</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.</def>

<blockquote>The undeveloped <b>initiatives</b> of good things to come. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; <as>as, the <ex>initiative</ex> in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives</as>.</def>

<h1>Initiator</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*i"ti*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who initiates.</def>

<h1>Initiatory</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*i"ti*a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; <as>as, an <ex>initiatory</ex> step</as>.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary.</def>

<blockquote>Some <b>initiatory</b> treatises in the law. <i>Herbert.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Two <b>initiatory</b> rites of the same general import can not exist together. <i>J. M. Mason.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>In*i"ti*a*to*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An introductory act or rite.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Inition</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*i"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>inition</ets>. See <er>Initial</er>.]</ety> <def>Initiation; beginning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir R. Naunton.</i>

<h1>Inject</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*ject"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Injected</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Injecting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>injectus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>inicere</ets>, <ets>injicere</ets>, to throw in; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>jacere</ets> to throw: cf. F. <ets>injecter</ets>. See <er>Jet</er> a shooting forth.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To throw in; to dart in; to force in; <as>as, to <ex>inject</ex> cold water into a condenser; to <ex>inject</ex> a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to <ex>inject</ex> morphine with a hypodermic syringe.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.</def>

<blockquote>C\'91sar also, then hatching tyranny, <b>injected</b> the same scrupulous demurs. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cast or throw; -- with <i>on</i>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>And mound <b>inject</b> on mound. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; <as>as, to <ex>inject</ex> the blood vessels</as>.</def>

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