Answer: hanseled

AnswerCrossword Clue
hanseledto give a handsel to
hanseledfirst installment of payment
hanseledto use, try, or experience for the first time
hanseledHANSEL, to give a good luck gift to, also HANDSEL
hanseledthe initial experience of anything; first encounter with or use of something taken as a token of what will follow; foretaste
hanseledto inaugurate auspiciously
hanseledgift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise