transitive verb. To induct into office by a formal ceremony.

transitive verb. To cause to begin, especially officially or formally: synonym: begin.

transitive verb. To open or begin use of formally with a ceremony; dedicate.

Inaugurated; invested with office; inducted; installed.

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.

adjective. Invested with office; inaugurated.

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

transitive verb. 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

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

transitive verb. To begin with good omens.

verb. To induct into office with a formal ceremony.

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

verb. be a precursor of

verb. open ceremoniously or dedicate formally

verb. commence officially

"She pined to put them to bed at seven o'clock, keep them four or five hours of every day in the open air, give them simple, nourishing food, -- in short, inaugurate the wholesome nursery system of her own country."

inaugural  inauguration  inaugurator  inauguratory  

begin  commence  lead off  open  start  

admit  anoint  author  bear  beget  

inaugurated  inaugurates  inaugurating