initialled
Variant of initial
ini·tial (i nis̸h′əl)
adjective
Etymology: < Fr or L: Fr < L initialis < initium, a beginning < inire, to go into, enter upon, begin < in-, into, in + ire, to go < IE base *ei- > Goth iddja
noun
- a capital, or uppercase, letter; specif.,
- an extra-large capital letter at the start of a printed paragraph, chapter, etc.
- the first letter of a name
- Biol. a primordial cell that determines the basic pattern of derived tissues; specif., a meristematic cell
transitive verb initialed -·tialed or initialled -·tialled, initialing -·tial·ing or initialling -·tial·ling
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