To instruct in rudiments or principles; or to introduce into any society or sect by instructing the candidate in its principles or ceremonies; as, to initiate a person into the mysteries of Ceres.

To introduce into a new state or society; as, to initiate one into a club.

To instruct; to acquaint with; as, to initiate one in the higher branches of mathematics.

To begin upon.

To do the first act; to perform the first rite.

Unpracticed.

Begun; commenced. A tenant by the curtesy initiate, becomes so by the birth of a child, but his estate is not consummate till the death of the wife.

One who is initiated.