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Induction

The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.

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Causation 76% connected

The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.

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Causing 76% connected

of Cause

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Ceremonial 76% connected

Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.

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Ceremony 76% connected

Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the pe…

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Colligation 76% connected

A binding together.

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Debut 76% connected

A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.

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Entry 76% connected

The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city;…

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Introduction 76% connected

The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

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Launching 76% connected

of Launch

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Observance 76% connected

The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and f…

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Stimulant 76% connected

Serving to stimulate.

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Stimulation 76% connected

The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated.

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Stimulus 76% connected

A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or spirits; an incentive; as, the hope of gain is a powerful stimulus to labor and action.

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Coronation 76% connected

The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.

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Enthronement 76% connected

The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned.

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Enthronization 76% connected

The act of enthroning; hence, the admission of a bishop to his stall or throne in his cathedral.

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Fomentation 76% connected

The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing…

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Inaugural 76% connected

Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration; as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises.

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Inauguration 76% connected

The act of inuagurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.

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Instigation 76% connected

The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.

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Investiture 76% connected

The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing.

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Evoke 74% connected

To call out; to summon forth.

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Evoke 74% connected

To call out; to summon forth.

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Induce 74% connected

To lead in; to introduce.

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Induce 74% connected

To lead in; to introduce.

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Induct 74% connected

To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.

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Induct 74% connected

To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.

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Kindle 74% connected

To bring forth young.

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Kindle 74% connected

To bring forth young.

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Originate 74% connected

To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.

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Originate 74% connected

To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.

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Stimulate 74% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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Stimulate 74% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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Synonym 6

Elicitation 92% connected

The act of eliciting.

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Evocation 92% connected

The act of calling out or forth.

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Generalization 92% connected

The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from part…

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Initiation 92% connected

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.

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Installation 92% connected

The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained mini…

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Trigger 92% connected

A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.

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