0 present participle of initiate
1 to cause something to begin:
Who initiated the violence?
2 to teach someone about an area of knowledge, or to allow someone into a group by a special ceremony:
Hague initiated a series of reforms of the Conservative Party.
Some of the orders are initiated directly on the trading floor.
The council initiates its own studies and carries out research at the request of private organizations.
The Commission has power to initiate legislation.
Late nestling cuckoos have evolved perceptible signals to manipulate the passerine nervous system by initiating and then arresting or interrupting normal processing.
Learners expressed interest and encouragement while seeking and providing assistance and initiating self-repair of their own utterances, all in the absence of communication breakdowns.
There are many disease processes for which the initiating events occur many years before death ensues.
