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Inaugurate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To induct into office by a formal ceremony.

v. To cause to begin, especially officially or formally: inaugurate a new immigration policy. See Synonyms at begin.

v. To open or begin use of formally with a ceremony; dedicate: inaugurate a community center.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To induct into office with a formal ceremony.

v. To dedicate ceremoniously; to initiate something in a formal manner.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Invested with office; inaugurated.

v. To introduce or induct into an office with suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority in a formal manner; to install

v. 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

v. To celebrate the completion of, or the first public use of; to dedicate, as a statue.

v. To begin with good omens.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To introduce or induct into office with suitable ceremonies; invest formally with an office.

To make a formal beginning of; put in action or operation; initiate, especially something of dignity or importance: as, to inaugurate a reform.

[The word is often inelegantly applied in this sense, especially in newspapers, to trivial or ignoble subjects.

To institute or initiate the use of, especially by some formal opening ceremony: as, to inaugurate a railroad, a public building, or a statue.

Inaugurated; invested with office; inducted; installed.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. be a precursor of

v. open ceremoniously or dedicate formally

v. commence officially

Word Usage

"As far as we have been able to understand the situation consequent on the choice of Mr. Lincoln to fill the Presidential chair, the policy which he proposes to inaugurate is not necessarily aggressive."

Verb Form

inaugurated inaugurates inaugurating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

commence start lead off begin open

Form

inauguration inauguratory inaugurator inaugural

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

inaugurated install initiate admit begin