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inition

inition noun: initiation; beginning.

Noun

inition

  1. (obsolete) initiation; beginning
    • And here I note the inition of my Lords friendship with Mountjoy, which the Queen her self did then conjure.a. 1635, Robert Naunton, Fragmenta regalia

Origin of inition

Compare Old French inition. See initial.

Questions about inition

What does inition mean?
Inition means initiation; beginning.
What part of speech is inition?
Inition is a noun.

Words near inition in the dictionary

  1. initiatorily
  2. initiators
  3. initiatory
  4. initiatrix
  5. initing
  6. inition
  7. initionym
  8. initionyms
  9. inits
  10. Inity
  11. iniunctum

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