Initial
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Initial [1]
(1): ( a.) Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
(2): ( n.) The first letter of a word or a name.
(3): ( v. t.) To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.
(4): ( a.) Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.