to initiate
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6.3
- verb
- /ɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪt/
- Formal
:
iniciar en
- You are initiated right into becoming a nobleman by an act of the king or the queen.
- initiated into Poro
- initiated members
- initiated Taoist priests
And, and you will be initiated in by the universe into wealth.
- And, and you will be initiated in by the universe into wealth.
- And he comes upon this yaki Indian named Don Juan, who kind of initiates him in all of the ways of his indigenous culture.
- And so now is when she's being initiated, and it's because of these prisoners who have to be sacrificed in the Room of Chains.
- For he that is initiated into these mysteries not only comes to doubt the being of sensuous things, but to despair of it.
Examples
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And for the seven names I will read, their lives are about to change forever as they are initiated into a sisterhood like no other.
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You are about to be initiated as an intimate of the secret order.
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I have to initiate Nick into our family.
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We set up a game to initiate all the outside women into a secret society.
Fiction book (1993) -
Becky also initiated me into an ancient knowledge passed down over the generations through the women of our family.
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Aunt Sally had taught me how to use my talents and initiated me into her craft.
Fiction book (1997) -
Tell Sarkoja to initiate him with the other hatchlings.
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Annunziata was completed, and in April, four nuns from Genoa arrived to initiate the Roman community.
Academic text (1994) -
Inaccessible to the general public, the Komo mask is seen only by initiated members during specific ceremonies.
Academic text (2008) -
During the ceremony, they will initiate new members into the brotherhood with a special ritual.
Synonyms
238
2.8
Allow someone to join a group or organization
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6.2
Officially admit someone to a job or group with a ceremony
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
initiate = initiation (semi-transparent) = init + ate
Morphologically identical to sense 1, but the ceremonial/admission meaning is a specialized extension that is not fully predictable from the combining form alone.
Etymology
Initiate also grew to mean formally accept someone into a group because communities used special rites to mark the 'beginning' of membership, coming from the Latin root initium 'beginning'. That's why to initiate someone often means to bring them into a group through a ceremony.