inaugurate
/ɪˈnoːɡjə.ɹæɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
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.
Transitive verb
verb
To cause (something) to be auspicious or good-omened; also, to declare or make (something) holy; to consecrate, to sanctify.
Archaic; Transitive verb
adj
Inducted into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner; inaugurated.
Obsolete; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "[…] Cn[aeus] Cornelius Dolabella vvas inaugurat or inſtalled king of the ſacrifices, in ſteed of Marcus Martius, vvho died tvvo yeares before."
- "More to theyr proper Elements inaugurated none, / Than ſhee to hers by-paſſed, he to his poſſeſſed Throne."
- "Our Long-ſhanks [Edward I of England], Scotlands ſcourge: vvho to the Orcads raught / His Scepter, and vvith him from vvilde Albania brought / The reliques of her Crovvne (by him firſt placed here) / The ſeat on vvhich her Kings inaugurated vvere."
- "England, at the time of which we are treating, abounded with fickle and selfish politicians, who transferred their support to every government as it rose, who kissed the hand of the King [Charles I of England] in 1640, and spat in his face in 1649, who shouted with equal glee when [Oliver] Cromwell was inaugurated in Westminster Hall, and when he was dug up to be hanged at Tyburn, […]"
- "On February 22nd, at an event […], Acciona, a Spanish conglomerate, is due to inaugurate a new power plant a few miles from Las Vegas."
- "The Holy Father presided over a ceremony to inaugurate the 100th fountain in the Vatican Gardens behind St. Peter's Basilica on Monday morning."
Etymology
Either: * borrowed from French inaugurer (“to inaugurate”), from Latin inaugurō (“to take omens from the flight of birds, to divine, practise augury; to approve, consecrate, or inaugurate on the basis of omens; to install”) with common assimilation of French -er with English -ate (verb-forming suffix) * or a Learned borrowing from Latin inaugurātus, perfect passive participle of inaugurō, see etymology at -ate; Further from in- (“against; into; on, upon; to, towards”) + augurō (“to act as an augur, interpret omens, augur; to foretell, predict; to conjecture, guess”), from augur (“soothsayer, augur”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix) (further etymology uncertain; see the entry).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: inaugurer, inaugurō, inaugurātus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪˈnoːɡjə.ɹæɪt/
- British English: /ɪˈnɔːɡjʊ.ɹeɪt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
inaugurates (present, singular)
inaugurating (participle, present)
inaugurated (participle, past)
inaugurated (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
inaugurated (first person, past)
inauguratest (archaic, present)
inaugurated (past, second person)
inauguratedst (archaic, past)
inaugurateth (archaic, present)
inaugurated (past, singular)