In-i'tial1, a.
(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.