(~s, initiating, ~d)
1.
If you ~ something, you start it or cause it to happen.
They wanted to ~ a discussion on economics...
VERB: V n
2.
If you ~ someone into something, you introduce them to a particular skill or type of knowledge and teach them about it.
He ~d her into the study of other cultures.
VERB: V n into n, also V n
3.
If someone is ~d into something such as a religion, secret society, or social group, they become a member of it by taking part in ceremonies at which they learn its special knowledge or customs.
In many societies, young people are formally ~d into their adult roles.
...the ceremony that ~d members into the Order.
VERB: be V-ed into n, V n into n, also V n