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initiate

noun
  1. A new member of an organization.

  2. One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.

verb
  1. To begin; to start.

  2. To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.

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

Antonymscomplete, conclude, end, finish
adjective
  1. Unpractised; untried; new.

  2. Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.

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