Meaning

1 senses

  1. (not comparable, obsolete)Inducted into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner; inaugurated.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. The new community center was inaugurated yesterday with pomp and circumstance.

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  2. A local politician was called in to inaugurate the new restaurant down the street.

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  3. He was inaugurated as President.

    Він урочисто вступив на посаду президента. — ChickenKiev

    ruОн был торжественно введён в должность президента. — urusu_tom

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  4. The new Scottish Parliament is inaugurated.

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  5. Mr Kennedy was inaugurated as the President of the United States.

    deMister Kennedy wurde in das Amt des Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten eingeführt. — Sudajaengi

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin inaugurātus (“having been taken as an omen, divined; having been appro

Borrowed from Latin inaugurātus (“having been taken as an omen, divined; having been approved, consecrated, or inaugurated on the basis of omens; installed, having been installed”) (the perfect passive participle of inaugurō (verb): see etymology 1). See -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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See also

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