Initial



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• adj. 开始的, 最初的; n. ( 姓名的) 首字母
• ［英］ adj. 开始的, 最初的 ( at the beginning) ; n. ( 姓名的) 首字母 ( initial letter of a name)
• ［例］ the initial letter of a word

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French iniciel, from Latin initialis, from initium beginning, from inire to go into, from in- + ire to go — more at issue
• Date: 1526
• 1. of or relating to the beginning ; incipient <his initial reaction>
• 2. placed at the beginning ; first <the initial word of the verse>
• ? initially adverb
• ? initialness noun

II. noun

• Date: 1627
• 1.
  • a. the first letter of a name
  • b. plural the first letter of each word in a full name <found that their initials were identical>
• 2. a large letter beginning a text or a division or paragraph
• 3. anlage, precursor; specifically a meristematic cell

III. transitive verb (initialed or initialled; initialing or initialling)

• Date: circa 1864
• 1. to affix an initial to
• 2. to authenticate or give preliminary approval to by affixing the initials of an authorizing representative

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