initiated

Meaning

of Initiate

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gnostic found start opened begin experienced trained seated baptized commence acquainted hatched underway streetwise introduced
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Antonyms

callow unacquainted stopped inexperienced disinclined untried
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Phrases with the word

has initiated

Anagrams

dietitian

Examples

We remain in the Romantic cycle initiated by Rousseau: liberal idealism canceled by violence, barbarism, disillusionment and cynicism. Camille Paglia

Those things which are sacred, are to be imparted only to sacred persons; and it is not lawful to import them to the profane until they have been initiated in the mysteries of the science. Hippocrates

I claim that rape exists any time sexual intercourse occurs when it has not been initiated by the woman, out of her own genuine affection and desire. Robin Morgan

True poetry is similar to certain pictures whose owner is unknown and which only a few initiated people know. Eugenio Montale

I had one fight in my adult life. I had the famous '89 fight with Nicole, which she admits that she initiated the physical part. O. J. Simpson

The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to a desert cave and rethink my life. Gloria Swanson