initialize-v; 1 Senses

Sense Number 1: Assign a start value to a computer program or computer disk, such that it begins to operate.

The machine could not initialize the program because there wasn't
enough memory.
Initialize the disk drive that you just installed.
Setup cannot properly initialize the disk that you inserted.

VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NP
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2