inaugurate
/ɪˈnɔ.ɡjəˌɹeɪt/ verb C1- To induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony.
- To dedicate (a building, monument, etc.) for public use by a formal ceremony.
- To initiate or usher in (something, as a (significant) course of action, development, organization, or period of time) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner; also (loosely), to begin or commence (something); to start.
Plural inaugurate · He/she/it inaugurates · Past inaugurated · Past participle inaugurated · -ing form inaugurating
Verb forms
- Base form
- inaugurate
- He/she/it
- inaugurates
- Past
- inaugurated
- Past participle
- inaugurated
- -ing form
- inaugurating
From the library
Our next view of him shall be as he descends the steps of his lodging-house immaculately and correctly clothed; calm, assured, handsome—in appearance the typical New York young clubman setting out, slightly bored, to inaugurate the pleasures of the evening.
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