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

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

past participle of inaugurate

simple past tense and past participle of inaugur

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inaugur

(transitive, obsolete) To inaugurate.

present participle of inaugur

(archaic) That inaugurates

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.