initiating

noun

A new member of an organization.

One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.

One who is oriented in and familiar with a topic or subject; especially, one who is an expert in it.

verb

(transitive) To begin; to start.

(transitive) To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.

(transitive) To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.

(intransitive) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.

adjective

(obsolete) Begun, commenced, introduced to or in the rudiments (of), newly admitted.

(obsolete) Unpracticed, untried, new.

Roots

eoit- · Latin · go

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