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initiate

verb
  1. To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take on, take up, undertake. Informal: kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See start
  2. To admit formally into membership or office, as with ritual: inaugurate, induct, install, instate, invest. See accept
noun
One who is just starting to learn or do something: abecedarian, beginner, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, neophyte, novice, novitiate, tenderfoot, tyro. Slang: rookie. See start
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