'Inaugurate' definitions:
Definition of 'inaugurate'
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Definition of 'Inaugurate'
From: GCIDE
- Inaugurate \In*au"gu*rate\, a. [L. inauguratus, p. p. of inaugurare to take omens from the flight of birds (before entering upon any important undertaking); hence, to consecrate, inaugurate, or install, with such divination; pref. in- in + augurare, augurari, to augur. See Augur.] Invested with office; inaugurated. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Inaugurate'
From: GCIDE
- Inaugurate \In*au"gu*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inaugurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inaugurating.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. 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. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- As if kings did choose remarkable days to inaugurate their favors. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To celebrate the completion of, or the first public use of; to dedicate, as a statue. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. To begin with good omens. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inaugurate'
From: Moby 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