initialling

adjective

Origin: < 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

1. a capital, or uppercase, letter; specif.,
   1. an extra-large capital letter at the start of a printed paragraph, chapter, etc.
   2. the first letter of a name
2. Biol. a primordial cell that determines the basic pattern of derived tissues; specif., a meristematic cell

transitive verb initialed or initialled, initialing or initialling