GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Initial , a. [L. initialis, from initium a going in, entrance, beginning, fr. inire to go into, to enter, begin; pref. in- in + ire to go: cf. F. initial. See Issue, and cf. Commence.]
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   Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
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   Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
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   Initial, n. The first letter of a word or a name.
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   Initial, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Initialed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Initialing.] To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials. [R.]
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