Definition of "inaugurate"

inaugurate

/ɪˈnɔːɡəɹeɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present inaugurates, present participle inaugurating, simple past and past participle inaugurated
1. (transitive) To induct into office with a formal ceremony.
2. (transitive) To dedicate ceremoniously; to initiate something in a formal manner.
  Quotations
  […] Acciona, a Spanish conglomerate, is due to inaugurate a new power plant a few miles from Las Vegas.
  2008, The Economist, Solar energy: the power of concentration‎
3. (transitive) To introduce a new development or an important change.
adjective
not comparable
1. Invested with office; inaugurated.
  Quotations
  The reliques of her Crowne (by him first placed here)The seat on which her Kings inaugurated were.
  1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 17 p. 262