initiate

initiate
v
1. begin, commence, start, start off, start the ball rolling, Inf. kick off, set off, trigger, actuate, instigate, set in motion, ring up the curtain on; open, pioneer, take the first step, take the initiative, take the lead, take the plunge, make a start, break the ice, lead off, lead the way, blaze the trail; institute, inaugurate, found, establish, set up, organize, originate, break ground, lay the first stone, lay the foundation; introduce, launch, broach, usher in; create, beget, engender, father, conceive, give birth to, give rise to, sow the seeds of.
2. teach, instruct, tutor, coach, break in, prime, familiarize with; train, drill, exercise, practice; prepare, ready; indoctrinate, inculcate, infuse, imbue, instill, implant, infix, drum in, hammer or pound in.
3. induct, install, instate, invest, ordain; enlist, enroll, sign up, sign on.
n
4. beginner, novice, novitiate, neophyte, tyro, amateur, rookie, greenhorn, tenderfoot, newcomer, new boy, pledge; student, pupil, learner, apprentice, trainee, fledgling, freshman, Inf. frosh or freshie; recruit, raw recruit, abecedarian, catechumen.
5. member, member in good standing, card-carrying member, card-carrier; associate, fellow, one of us, insider, epopt; enrollee, enlistee

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  • Initiate — In*i ti*ate, v. i. To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative. [R.] Pope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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