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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Initial \In*i"tial\, 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}.]
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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Initial \In*i"tial\, n.
The first letter of a word or a name
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Initial \In*i"tial\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Initialed}; p. pr &
vb n. {Initialing}.]
To put an initial to to mark with an initial of initials.
[R.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
initial
adj : occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward
reconciliation"
n : the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he
refused to put the initials FRS after his name"
v : mark with one's initials
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