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Webster 1913 Edition
Initiative
In-i′ti-a-tive
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
initiatif
.] Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
In-i′ti-a-tive
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
initiative
.] 1.
An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.
The undeveloped
initiatives
of good things to come. I. Taylor.
2.
The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation;
as, the
. initiative
in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives