Inaugurate
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English
Verb
Inaugurate (third-person singular simple present inaugurates, present participle inaugurating, simple past and past participle inaugurated)
- (transitive) To induct into office with a formal ceremony.
- (transitive) To dedicate ceremoniously; to initiate something in a formal manner.
Adverbs for Inaugurate
ceremoniously; jubilantly; ostentatiously; enthusiastically; triumphantly; festively.
Thesaurus
anoint, author, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring to effect, bring to pass, bring up, broach, cause, chair, christen, coin, commence, conceive, constitute, create, crown, do, effect, effectuate, engender, enlist, enroll, enter, enthrone, establish, father, float, form, found, generate, gestate, get off, give birth to, give occasion to, give origin to, give rise to, incept, induct, initiate, innovate, install, instate, institute, introduce, invent, invest, jump off, kick off, launch, lift up, make, materialize, mint, neologize, neoterize, occasion, open, ordain, organize, originate, place, place in office, produce, put in, raise, realize, renew, renovate, ring in, set afloat, set agoing, set on foot, set up, sign on, sign up, sire, start, start going, start up, throne, turn on, usher in, work
Etymology
French inaugurer (“to invest”) < Latin inaugurō (“approve on the basis of omens”) < in (“in”) + augur (“an augur”).
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External links
- Inaugurate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Inaugurate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Inaugurate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Italian
Verb
inaugurate
- second-person plural present tense of inaugurare
- second-person plural imperative of inaugurare
- feminine plural of inaugurato, past participle of inaugurare
Latin
Participle
inaugurāte
- vocative masculine singular of inaugurātus
