inaugurate
IPA: ɪnˈɔgjɝɪt
verb
- To induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony.
- To dedicate (something, as a building or a monument) for public access or use with a formal ceremony.
- To initiate or usher in (something, as a (significant) course of action, development, organization, or period of time) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner; also (loosely), to begin or commence (something); to start.
- (archaic, rare) To cause (something) to be auspicious or good-omened; also, to declare or make (something) holy; to consecrate, to sanctify.
adjective
- (obsolete) Inducted into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner; inaugurated.
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Examples of "inaugurate" in Sentences
- "inaugurate" the new graveyard, "they had to shoot a man on purpose."
- - to decide whether to 'inaugurate' a government on Nov. 20 or Dec. 1.
- "inaugurate" a speech, if you will not settle for known and tested seasoned points.
- Hidden in our word "inaugurate" is the record of the fact that nothing could be properly begun without the assistance of the augurs.
- Knox, of course, objected; he preached at St. Andrews before Morton inducted a primate of his clan, but he refused to "inaugurate" the new prelate.
- As far as we have been able to understand the situation consequent on the choice of Mr. Lincoln to fill the Presidential chair, the policy which he proposes to inaugurate is not necessarily aggressive.
- She pined to put them to bed at seven o'clock, keep them four or five hours of every day in the open air, give them simple, nourishing food, -- in short, inaugurate the wholesome nursery system of her own country.
- In 2005, Rebar, an arts collective in San Francisco, potently employed a set of parentheses to inaugurate PARKing Day, an annual event inviting the public to set up enjoyable miniature parks within metered parking spaces.
- Some Financiers who were whetting their tongues on their teeth because the Government had "struck down" silver, and were about to "inaugurate" a season of sweatshed, were addressed as follows by a Member of their honourable and warlike body:
- A Protagonist of Silver SOME Financiers who were whetting their tongues on their teeth because the Government had "struck down" silver, and were about to "inaugurate" a season of sweatshed, were addressed as follows by a Member of their honourable and warlike body:
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