Initial

In-i'tial, a.

adjective

(in-ish'al), a. [Lat. initialis, from initium, a going in, entrance, beginning, from inire, to go into, to enter, begin, from prefix in and ire, to go; Fr. initial, Sp. inicial, It. iniziale.]

Of, or pertaining to, the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.

In-i'tial, a.

In-i'tial, n.

In-i'tial, v. t.