Hypertext Webster Gateway: "initial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Initial \In*i"tial\, a. [L. initialis, from initium a going in,
entrance, beginning, fr. inire to go into, to enter, begin;
pref. in- in + ire to go: cf. F. initial. See {Issue}, and
cf. {Commence}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Initial \In*i"tial\, n.
The first letter of a word or a name.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Initial \In*i"tial\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Initialed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Initialing}.]
To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.
[R.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
initial
adj : occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward
reconciliation"
n : the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he
refused to put the initials FRS after his name"
v : mark with one's initials
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