inaugurate

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

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

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.
   • 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.

inaugurate (not comparable)

1. Invested with office; inaugurated.
   • Michael Drayton

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

     The seat on which her Kings inaugurated were.

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

inaugurate

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

inaugurāte

1. vocative masculine singular of inaugurātus