In‐i″ti‐ate (?), a. [L. initiatus, p. p.]
1. Unpracticed; untried; new. “The initiate fear that wants hard use.” Shak.
2. Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
To rise in science as in bliss,
Initiate in the secrets of the skies. Young.
Initiate tenant by courtesy(Law), said of a husband who becomes such in his wife's estate of inheritance by the birth of a child, but whose estate is not consummated till the death of the wife. Mozley & W.