inaugurate
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Is inaugurate a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (archaic, rare) To cause (something) to be auspicious or good-omened; also, to declare or make (something) holy; to consecrate, to sanctify.Examples: "About Nevvyeers-tide after his return from thence (for thoſe beginnings of years vvere very propitious unto him, as if Kings did chuſe remarkable dayes to inaugurate their favours, that they may appeare acts aſvvell of the Times, as of the VVill) he vvas Created Marqueſs of Buckingham, and made Lord Admirall of England, […]"; "The Osiris N inaugurateth the paths of Rā and prayeth that he may drive off the Lock which cometh out of the flame against thy Bark out of the great Stream."Synonyms: auspicate, behallow, bless, canonize, consecrate, dedicate, hallow, inaugurateAntonyms: consecratearchaicraretransitive
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Inducted into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner; inaugurated.Examples: "[T]he raising up of Jesus, signifies the new state, to which Christ was inaugurate at His resurrection, and contains under it all the severals of ascension, of sitting at the right hand of power, of the mission of the Holy Ghost, and His powerful intercession for us in heaven ever since, and to the end of the world; […]"not-comparableobsoletetransitive
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