All 3 Uses of
initiate
in
Heart of Darkness
- There's no initiation either into such mysteries.†
Chpt 1 *
- —he had withered; it had taken him, loved him, embraced him, got into his veins, consumed his flesh, and sealed his soul to its own by the inconceivable ceremonies of some devilish initiation.†
Chpt 2
- This initiated wraith from the back of Nowhere honored me with its amazing confidence before it vanished altogether.†
Chpt 2 *
Definitions:
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(initiate as in: initiate into the fraternity) to accept someone's membership into an organization -- typically in a ceremony -- sometimes including a period of instruction and/or test
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(initiate as in: initiate discussions) to cause (something) to begin