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Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
  2. a. Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
  3. n. The word/first">first word/letter">letter of a word or a name.
  4. v. t. To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.
  5. adj. occurring at the beginning
  6. n. the word/first">first word/letter">letter of a word (especially a person's name)
  7. v. mark with one's initials
  8. 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. The first letter of a word or a name. To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials. [R.]
  9. j:88/v:2/n:10 n. the word/first">first word/letter">letter of a word (especially a person's name) v. mark with one's initials s. occurring at the beginning