inaugurate

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French inaugurer (“to invest”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin inaugurō (“approve on the basis of omens”), from in (“in”) + augur (“an augur”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɪˈnɔːɡjʊɹeɪt/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /ɪˈnɔːɡjʊɹət/

Verb

1. (transitive) To induct into office with a formal ceremony.
2. (transitive) To dedicate ceremoniously; to initiate something in a formal manner.
   • 2008, The Economist, Solar energy: the power of concentration

     […] Acciona, a Spanish conglomerate, is due to inaugurate a new power plant a few miles from Las Vegas.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• inaugural
• inauguration

• inaugurator
• inauguratory

Translations

to induct into office

• Bulgarian: въвеждам в длъжност (vǎveždam v dlǎžnost)
• Esperanto: enoficigi
• Finnish: nimittää virkaan, asettaa virkaan
• French: inaugurer (fr)
• German: einführen (de)
• Hungarian: beiktat (hu), beavat (hu)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: inaugurare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: auspicor
• Russian: торже́ственно вводи́ть в до́лжность impf (toržéstvenno vvodítʹ v dólžnostʹ)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: incingiài

• Spanish: investir (es)
• Swedish: inviga (sv)
• Turkish: törenle açmak

to dedicate ceremoniously

• Bulgarian: откривам (bg) (otkrivam)
• Finnish: vihkiä (fi) (käyttöön (fi))
• German: vereidigen (de)
• Greek: εγκαινιάζω (el) (egkainiázo)
• Hungarian: felavat (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingue:
• Latin: auspicor
• Portuguese: inaugurar (pt)
• Slovene: otvoriti pf
• Spanish: inaugurar (es)
• Swedish: inviga (sv)

Adjective

inaugurate (not comparable)

1. Invested with office; inaugurated.
   • (Can we date this quote by Michael Drayton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The reliques of her crown (by him first placed here)

     The seat on which her Kings inaugurated were.

Further reading

• “inaugurate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “inaugurate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “inaugurate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Italian

Verb

inaugurate

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

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) inaugurāte

1. vocative masculine singular of inaugurātus