inaugurate

French inaugurer (“to invest”), from Latin inaugurō (“approve on the basis of omens”), from in (“in”) + augur (“an augur”).

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɪˈnɔːɡəɹeɪt/, /ɪˈnɔːɡjʊɹeɪt/

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• (adjective) IPA^(key): /ɪˈnɔːɡəɹət/, /ɪˈnɔːɡjʊɹət/

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inaugurate (third-person singular simple present inaugurates, present participle inaugurating, simple past and past participle inaugurated)

1. (transitive) To induct into office with a formal ceremony.
2. (transitive) To dedicate ceremoniously; to initiate something in a formal manner.
   • 2008, The Economist, Solar energy: the power of concentration

     […] Acciona, a Spanish conglomerate, is due to inaugurate a new power plant a few miles from Las Vegas.

inaugurate (not comparable)

1. Invested with office; inaugurated.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 17 p. 262:

     The reliques of her Crowne (by him first placed here)

     The seat on which her Kings inaugurated were.

• inaugurate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• inaugurate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• inaugurate at OneLook Dictionary Search

inaugurate

1. inflection of inaugurare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
2. feminine plural of inaugurato, past participle of inaugurare

inaugurāte

1. vocative masculine singular of inaugurātus