<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.</li><li>to introduce into the knowledge of some art or subject.</li><li>to admit or accept with formal rites into an organization or group, secret knowledge, adult society, etc.</li><li>to propose (a measure) by initiative procedure: to initiate a constitutional amendment.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>admitted into an organization or group, secret knowledge, etc.</li><li>introduced to the knowledge of a subject.</li><li>initiated; begun: the recently initiate measures.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person who has been initiated.</li></ul>