different between inaugurate vs conceive

English

Etymology

French inaugurer (“to invest”), from Latin inaugur? (“approve on the basis of omens”), from in (“in”) + augur (“an augur”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /??n?????e?t/, /??n???j??e?t/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /??n??????t/, /??n???j???t/

Verb

inaugurate (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.
   • 2008, The Economist, Solar energy: the power of concentration

     […] Acciona, a Spanish conglomerate, is due to inaugurate a new power plant a few miles from Las Vegas.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

inaugurate (not comparable)

1. Invested with office; inaugurated.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 17 p. 262[1]:

     The reliques of her Crowne (by him first placed here)

     The seat on which her Kings inaugurated were.

Further reading

• inaugurate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• inaugurate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• inaugurate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Verb

inaugurate

1. second-person plural present of inaugurare
2. second-person plural imperative of inaugurare
3. feminine plural of inaugurato, past participle of inaugurare

Latin

Participle

inaugur?te

1. vocative masculine singular of inaugur?tus

English

Alternative forms

• conceave (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipi?, concipere (“to take”), from con- (“together”) + capi? (“to take”). Compare deceive, perceive, receive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?si?v/
• Rhymes: -i?v

Verb

conceive (third-person singular simple present conceives, present participle conceiving, simple past and past participle conceived)

1. (transitive) To develop an idea; to form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to originate.
   • 1606, Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare, II-4

     We shall, / As I conceive the journey, be at the Mount / Before you, Lepidus.

   • It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life.
2. (transitive) To understand (someone).

   • I conceive you.

   • You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate.

4. (intransitive or transitive) To become pregnant (with).

   • She hath also conceived a son in her old age.

5. To generate or engender; to bring into being.

Related terms

• conceivable
• conceiver
• concept
• conception

Translations

Further reading

• conceive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• conceive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Middle English

Verb

conceive

1. Alternative form of conceyven