inaugurate

English

Etymology

French inaugurer (“to invest”), from Latin inaugurō (“approve on the basis of omens”), from in (“in”) + augur (“an augur”).

Verb

inaugurate (third-person singular simple present inaugurates, present participle inaugurating, simple past and past participle inaugurated)

1. (transitive) To induct into office with a formal ceremony.
2. (transitive) To dedicate ceremoniously; to initiate something in a formal manner.
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Translations

to induct into office

• Esperanto: enoficigi (eo)
• Finnish: nimittää (fi)/asettaa (fi) virkaan (fi)
• German: einführen (de)
• Hungarian: beiktat (hu), beavat (hu)

• Italian: inaugurare (it)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: incingiài

• Spanish: investir (es)

to dedicate ceremoniously

• Finnish: vihkiä (fi) (käyttöön (fi))
• German: vereidigen (de)
• Greek: εγκαινιάζω (el) (egkainiázo)

• Hungarian: felavat (hu)
• Portuguese: inaugurar (pt)
• Spanish: inaugurar (es)

Derived terms

• inaugural
• inauguration
• inaugurator
• inauguratory

Adjective

inaugurate (not comparable)

1. Invested with office; inaugurated.

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External links

• inaugurate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• inaugurate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• inaugurate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Verb

inaugurate

1. second-person plural present tense of inaugurare
2. second-person plural imperative of inaugurare
3. feminine plural of inaugurato, past participle of inaugurare

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Latin

Participle

inaugurāte

1. vocative masculine singular of inaugurātus