Chapter Inia to Injustice of I by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Initiate
(In*i"ti*ate), v. i. To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative. [R.] Pope.

Initiate
(In*i"ti*ate) a. [L. initiatus, p. p.]

1. Unpracticed; untried; new. [Obs.] "The initiate fear that wants hard use." Shak.

2. Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.

To rise in science as in bliss,
Initiate in the secrets of the skies.

Young.

Initiate tenant by courtesy (Law), 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. Mozley & W.

Initiate
(In*i"ti*ate), n. One who is, or is to be, initiated.

Initiation
(In*i`ti*a"tion) n. [L. initiatio: cf. F. initiation.]

1. The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc. "The initiation of courses of events." Pope.

2. 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.

Silence is the first thing that is taught us at our initiation into sacred mysteries.

Broome.

Initiative
(In*i"ti*a*tive) a. [Cf. F. initiatif.] Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.

Initiative
(In*i"ti*a*tive), n. [Cf. F. initiative.]

1. An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.

The undeveloped initiatives of good things to come.

I. Taylor.

2. The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives.

Initiator
(In*i"ti*a`tor) n. [L.] One who initiates.

Initiatory
(In*i"ti*a*to*ry) a.

1. Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step. Bp. Hall.

2. Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary.

Some initiatory treatises in the law.

Herbert.

Two initiatory rites of the same general import can not exist together.

J. M. Mason.

Initiatory
(In*i"ti*a*to*ry), n. An introductory act or rite. [R.]

Inition
(In*i"tion) n. [Cf. OF. inition. See Initial.] Initiation; beginning. [Obs.] Sir R. Naunton.

Inject
(In*ject") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Injected; p. pr. & vb. n. Injecting.] [L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter. See Jet a shooting forth.]