1. Unpracticed; untried; new. [Obs.] "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.
In*i"ti*ate, n. One who is, or is to be, initiated.