initial
(verb) mark with one’s initials
Source: WordNet® 3.1
initialled
(British) simple past tense and past participle of initial
Source: Wiktionary
In*i"tial, a. Etym: [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.
In*i"tial, n.
Definition: The first letter of a word or a name.
In*i"tial, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Initialed; p. pr. & vb. n. Initialing.]
Definition: To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 June 2024
(verb) interrupt a trip; “we stopped at Aunt Mary’s house”; “they stopped for three days in Florence”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
