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Definition of Initiated
1. initiate [v] - See also: initiate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Initiated
Literary usage of Initiated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1843)
"Orpheus and others established mysteries, which the initiated swore by oaths of
execration not to reveal,—of which mysteries the principal was the adoration ..."
2. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1830)
"... who were initiated into these impure and abominable mysteries, were obliged,
underthe most horrid imprecations, to keep them inviolably secret. ..."
3. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"... (3) certain reflexes belonging to propriocep- tive organs secondarily excited
by reflexes initiated at the body- surface (the three fields of reception, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Surveying and Boundaries by Frank Emerson Clark (1922)
"Resurvey must be initiated and finished at certain and known points ... It will
be seen that a resurvey must be initiated at some certain and known point, ..."
5. The Work of the Teacher by Sheldon Emmor Davis (1921)
"Persistence essential to use of plans initiated. ... The most perfect organization,
initiated with tremendous momentum, runs down in a few days unless the ..."
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