Choose and Initiate

Choose

Choose verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

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

Nearby Words: choosy, choosing, choosey, chooser

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

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

There's no fusion recipe for them, and you can't initiate a conversation with them—but like any other normal enemy, they can initiate a conversation in which they beg for mercy, and you can still choose "be my ally" when they do so, recruiting them.

Source: Video Game / Shin Megami Tensei IV
In The Walking Dead the player can choose to initiate a type 3 when a man's leg gets trapped.

Source: An Arm and a Leg
King: Receives the "king" token, which means they would initiate the character selection and choose the first character card.

Source: Tabletop Game / Citadels

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