inaugurate English · revision 51

+ ==Etymology==

+ First recorded c. 1600,^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) [[bor|la|inaugurātus]], past participle of [[la|inaugurāre|t=to consecrate or install after taking auguries]],^(OED 1989)^(RHWU) from ''in-'' + ''augurāre'' “to take auguries”, from ''augur'' “soothsayer”.^(OED 1989)^(AHD) In ancient Rome, induction into office included the taking of auguries,^(Etymonline) especially from the flight of birds.^(OED 1989)

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+ Etymonline also treats the verb partly as a back-formation from [[inauguration]],^(Etymonline) and Wiktionary allows a borrowing from French ''inaugurer''.^(Wiktionary) Compare [[augur]].^(OED 1989)

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+ ==References==

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