Definitions
set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin initiātus, perfect passive participle of initiō (“to begin, originate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from initium (“a beginning”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from initus (“an entrance, coming in, approach”) + -ium, from ineō + -tus, from in- + eō (“to go”). Cognate with French initier.
Used in a sentence
“How are changes of this sort to be initiated?”
“This is a very strong move, aptly timed. It initiates the tactical conception which routs Black's hopes.”
“Indigenous people, such as agriculturists, hunters, and pastoralists initiated a system of totemism and tabooism which in essence was a natural law against killing and eating certain animals.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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