Inaugurate meaning

ĭn-ô'gyə-rāt', -gə-

To induct into office by a formal ceremony.

verb

To cause to begin, especially officially or formally.

Inaugurate a new immigration policy.

verb

To open or begin use of formally with a ceremony; dedicate.

Inaugurate a community center.

verb

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

verb

To make a formal beginning of; start.

To inaugurate a new policy.

verb

To celebrate formally the first public use of; dedicate.

To inaugurate a new library.

verb

To induct into office with a formal ceremony.

verb

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

verb

Invested with office; inaugurated.

adjective

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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