Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step.
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To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.
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To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.
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Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.
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Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration; as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises.
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Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
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An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
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