Initiate

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Unpracticed; untried; new.

II. Initiate ·noun One who is, or is to be, initiated.

III. Initiate ·vi To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.

IV. Initiate ·adj Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.

V. Initiate ·vt To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to Introduce.

VI. Initiate ·vt To introduce into a society or organization; to confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.

VII. Initiate ·vt To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to Originate; to Commence; to begin or enter upon.