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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Inaugurate  \In*au"gu*rate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Inaugurated}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Inaugurating}.] 
  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. 
 
  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 
 
  As  if  kings  did  closes  remarkable  days  to  inaugurate 
  their  favors.  --Sir  H. 
  Wotton. 
 
  3.  To  celebrate  the  completion  of  or  the  first  public  use 
  of  to  dedicate,  as  a  statue.  [Colloq.] 
 
  4.  To  begin  with  good  omens.  [Obs.]  --Sir  H.  Wotton. 




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