initiate

[ US /ˌɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪt/ ]

VERB

bring up a topic for discussion
bring into being
He initiated a new program
Start a foundation
take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants
set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for
Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II
accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
African men are initiated when they reach puberty

NOUN

someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity
it is very familiar to the initiate
someone new to a field or activity

How To Use initiate In A Sentence

In addition, experimental flowers that matured a fruit (and therefore received a visit) had significantly larger corollas compared with corollas of flowers that did not initiate a fruit.
In the next level of technique not only does the nage initiate action to draw out uke's movement, but he uses the energy of his action to lead the response given him by uke.
Far more seriously, the vital turn east towards Mayenne and Alençon, intended to initiate the rolling up of the main German front in Normandy, was delayed by days. Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy
The Act allows, for the first time, children to initiate proceedings and instruct a solicitor to make court applications independently.
The first cycle initiated in the early Paleocene and represents a transition from Cretaceous marine turbidites and shales to subaerial fluvial sandstones and conglomerates.
These used rotating discs to initiate a quasi-musical sound which was then filtered, processed and reproduced at different pitches.
The right to initiate local and national referenda. Times, Sunday Times
Affected stands either fail to initiate spring growth or green up unevenly in March and then plants decline and eventually die due to infected crowns and roots.
It was initiated, in part by Marta, Tomas's mistress and the local schoolteacher.
Initiate internal procedure to ensure the change, extension or termination of employment contract.