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INAUG'URATE, v.t. [supra.] To introduce or induct into an office with solemnity or suitable ceremonies; to invest with an office in a formal manner; a word borrowed from the ceremonies used by the Romans when they were received into the college of augurs. Kings and emperors are inaugurated by coronation; a prelate, by consecration; and the president of a college by such ceremonies and forms as give weight and authority to the transaction.
INAUG'URATE, a. Invested with office.
Invested with office; inaugurated.
Drayton. 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. 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.
As if kings did choose remarkable days to inaugurate their favors. Sir H. Wotton. To celebrate the completion of, or the
first public use of; to dedicate, as a statue.
[Colloq.] To begin with good omens.
[Obs.]
Sir H. Wotton. | ||||||||