initiate

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To begin; to start

• "I'll do my best" often means "I'll initiate nothing".

  "Ich werde mein Bestes tun", bedeutet oft, "ich werde nichts veranlassen".

  Tatoeba · Eldad · CC BY 2.0 FR

• You shouldn't wait for changes to come – you should initiate them yourself.

  Auf Änderungen sollte man nicht warten – man sollte sie selbst herbeiführen.

  Tatoeba · althead · CC BY 2.0 FR

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To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce

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To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremoniesselten

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To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiativeselten