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initiatory

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in·i·ti·a·to·ry  (-nsh--tôr, -tr)
adj.
1. Introductory; initial.
2. Tending or used to initiate.
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Adj.1.initiatory - serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"
initiative, maiden, inaugural, first
opening - first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene"
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According to the advice forwarded from the members of the Observatory, the gun destined to launch the projectile had to be fixed in a country situated between the 0 and 28th degrees of north or south latitude, in order to aim at the moon when at the zenith; and its initiatory velocity was fixed at twelve thousand yards to the second.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
Lemuel Struthers, the widow of Struthers's Shoe-polish, who had returned the previous year from a long initiatory sojourn in Europe to lay siege to the tight little citadel of New York.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
and I are going to rebel - we took our initiatory step this evening.
Wuthering Heights by Bronte, Emily View in context
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