present participle of inaugur

simple past tense and past participle of inaugur

(archaic) That inaugurates

The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies. / The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, enterprise, event etc.

(transitive) To induct into office with a formal ceremony. / (transitive) To dedicate ceremoniously; to initiate something in a formal manner.

Invested with office; inaugurated.

Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated. / Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc.

An inauguration; a formal beginning. / A formal speech given at the beginning of an office.

The day on which a President and a Vice-President of the United States takes office, now on January 20 after a Presidential election, before 1936 on March 4.