Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-AUG'U-RATE, v.t. [supra.]

1. To introduce or induct into an office with solemnity or suitable ceremonies; to invest with an office in a formal manner; a word borrowed from the ceremonies used by the Romans when they were received into the college of augurs. Kings and emperors are inaugurated by coronation; a prelate, by consecration; and the president of a college by such ceremonies and forms as give weight and authority to the transaction.
2. To begin with good omens. [Not used.] Wotton.