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Inaugurate


INAUG'URATE, verb transitive [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.

1. To begin with good omens. [Not used.]

INAUG'URATE, adjective Invested with office.