different between inaugurate vs establish

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

Etymology

From Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir, (Modern French établir), from Latin stabili?, stabil?re, from stabilis (“firm, steady, stable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??stæb.l??/
• Hyphenation: es?tab?lish

Verb

establish (third-person singular simple present establishes, present participle establishing, simple past and past participle established)

1. (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2. (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
   • , Genesis 6:18

     But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

3. (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
4. (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.

Derived terms

• established church
• establishing shot
• long-established
• re-establish

Related terms

• stable

Translations

References

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