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initiate
verb as in start, introduce
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break the ice, come out with, come up with, dream up, get ball rolling, get feet wet, get under way, instate, kick off, make up, set in motion, take in, usher in
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The feminist movement has encouraged women that they can initiate romantic relationships, too.
“Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology,” he wrote.
Men need to step up and have this discussion, and not rely on women to initiate and lead it.
Initiate a dialogue about how we are all kind of like little people, if you think about it, at least compared to the One Percent.
They can initiate ideas and catalyze a certain form, but the trick is not to begin, but to sustain.
The ant individual preserves its powers of observation and thought and may initiate new processes.
In order that you may make no mistake, we feel obliged to initiate you into the most important secrets of the Reformation.
The very savages in Australia initiate their children better than the English do to-day.
The Senate, however, cannot initiate a treaty, the President alone can do that.
So far, then, nothing was said to the initiate in contradiction to the broad tenets of orthodox Islamism.
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On this page you'll find 149 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to initiate, such as: begin, commence, inaugurate, institute, launch, and open.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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