INAUGURATE


Meaning of INAUGURATE in English

vt to begin with good omens.

2. inaugurate ·adj invested with office; inaugurated.

3. inaugurate ·vt to celebrate the completion of, or the first public use of; to dedicate, as a statue.

4. inaugurate ·vt to introduce or induct into an office with suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority in a formal manner; to install; as, to inaugurate a president; to inaugurate a king.

5. inaugurate ·vt to cause to begin, ·esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate;

— used especially of something of dignity or worth or public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, ·etc.

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