Inaugurate Definition

ĭn-ôgyə-rāt, -gə-

inaugurated, inaugurates, inaugurating

verb

inaugurated, inaugurates, inaugurating

To induct (an official) into office with a formal ceremony.

Webster's New World

To make a formal beginning of; start.

To inaugurate a new policy.

Webster's New World

To cause to begin, especially officially or formally.

Inaugurate a new immigration policy.

American Heritage

To celebrate formally the first public use of; dedicate.

To inaugurate a new library.

Webster's New World

To dedicate ceremoniously; to initiate something in a formal manner.

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adjective

Invested with office; inaugurated.

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Origin of Inaugurate

Latin inaugurāre inaugurāt- to consecrate by augury in- intensive pref. in–² augurāre to augur (from augur soothsayer aug- in Indo-European roots)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
French inaugurer (“to invest”), from Latin inaugurō (“approve on the basis of omens”), from in (“in”) + augur (“an augur”).

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