different between inaugurate vs found

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: found, IPA^(key): /fa?nd/
• Rhymes: -a?nd

Etymology 1

See find.

Verb

found

1. simple past tense and past participle of find

Synonyms

• (past participle): discovered; repertitious (by chance or upon advice, obs.)

Derived terms

• found art
• found footage
• found literature
• found music
• found object
• found poetry
• lost and found
• unfound

Noun

found (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Food and lodging; board.

Etymology 2

From Middle English founden, from Old French founder (Modern French: fonder), from Latin fund?re. Compare fund.

Verb

found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded) (transitive)

2. (transitive) To start (an institution or organization).
3. (transitive) To begin building. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to start organization): establish

Antonyms

• (to begin building): ruin
• (to start organization): dissolve, abolish

Related terms

• foundation
• founder

Translations

References

• Oxford Online Dictionary, found
• WordNet 3.1: A Lexical Database for English, Princeton University

Etymology 3

From Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Spanish fundir and hundir.

Verb

found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded) (transitive)

1. To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.
2. To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.

Related terms

• foundry

Translations

Etymology 4

Noun

found (plural founds)

1. A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

Anagrams

• fondu