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inaugurate 音标拼音: [ɪn'ɔgjɚɪt] [ɪn'ɔgjɚet] vt. 开创,举行…开幕典礼 开创,举行…开幕典礼 inaugurate v 1: commence officially [ synonym: { inaugurate}, { kick off}] 2: open ceremoniously or dedicate formally 3: be a precursor of; " The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post- Cold War period" [ synonym: { inaugurate}, { usher in}, { introduce}] Inaugurate \ In* au" gu* rate\, a. [ L. inauguratus, p. p. of inaugurare to take omens from the flight of birds ( before entering upon any important undertaking); hence, to consecrate, inaugurate, or install, with such divination; pref. in- in augurare, augurari, to augur. See { Augur}.] Invested with office; inaugurated. -- Drayton. [ 1913 Webster]
Inaugurate \ In* au" gu* rate\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Inaugurated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Inaugurating}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To introduce or induct into an office with suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority in a formal manner; to install; as, to inaugurate a president; to inaugurate a king. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. 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; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, etc. [ 1913 Webster] As if kings did choose remarkable days to inaugurate their favors. -- Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To celebrate the completion of, or the first public use of; to dedicate, as a statue. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] 4. To begin with good omens. [ Obs.] -- Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster] 87 Moby Thesaurus words for " inaugurate": anoint, author, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring to effect, bring to pass, bring up, broach, cause, chair, christen, coin, commence, conceive, constitute, create, crown, do, effect, effectuate, engender, enlist, enroll, enter, enthrone, establish, father, float, form, found, generate, gestate, get off, give birth to, give occasion to, give origin to, give rise to, incept, induct, initiate, innovate, install, instate, institute, introduce, invent, invest, jump off, kick off, launch, lift up, make, materialize, mint, neologize, neoterize, occasion, open, ordain, organize, originate, place, place in office, produce, put in, raise, realize, renew, renovate, ring in, set afloat, set agoing, set on foot, set up, sign on, sign up, sire, start, start going, start up, throne, turn on, usher in, work
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