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.]
In*i"tial , n. The first letter of a word or a name.
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.
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