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Initial
Pronunciation : In*i"tial
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 1. Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
2. Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : In*i"tial
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The first letter of a word or a name.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : In*i"tial
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials. [R.]
t. [imp. & p. p. Initialed; p. pr. & vb. n. Initialing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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