Act and Initiate

Act

Act verb - To present a portrayal or performance of.

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Initiate and act are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Initiate" instead a verb "Act".

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Initiate verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.

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Act and initiate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a verb "Initiate".

new

new act

new initiate

power	act power	initiate power
part	act part	initiate part
plot	act plot	initiate plot
turn	act turn	initiate turn
Other words: number, war, attacks.

They will initiate dialog in the middle of a zombie infested strret, during Act 3, at night.

Source: Video Game / Survival Crisis Z
Subverted in Dragon Age II: in Act I, Hawke can attempt to initiate a romance with another Orlesian redhead, Aveline Vallen, but she ultimately rejects him/her for Guardsman Donnic in Act II.

Source: Heroes Want Redheads
Teana 1, Jono 1, Seto 1, and Villager 3, if you return to the palace to initiate the ending sequence of the early game before going to the dueling ground and through the festival subplot to duel them all, or if you just skip the first act entirely by not running away from Simon at the beginning.

Source: Video Game / Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories

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