Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
The first letter of a word or a name.
In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.
To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.
To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.
To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.