inauguriate

Inauguriate is a rarely used English verb that means to inaugurate, or to initiate something, especially by a formal ceremony. It functions as a transitive verb and is typically employed in reference to the act of beginning a new office, institution, or event through an inaugural ceremony.

Etymology and relation to related forms: inaugurate derives from Latin inaugurare, the same root associated with auspicious beginnings and ceremonial designation. Inauguriate is an inflected variant formed with the same root and a familiar English -iate suffix, but it is much less common than the standard form inaugurate. Because of its rarity, its exact historical usage is not as well documented as that of inaugurate.

Usage and style: In modern English, inaugurate is the preferred verb in most contexts. Inauguriate appears mainly in historical texts, linguistic discussions, or as a pedantic or stylistic variant. Writers generally avoid it in contemporary prose unless there is a deliberate aim to imitate older or more formal diction, or to discuss the linguistic phenomenon itself.

Examples:

- The city council decided to inaugurate the new cultural center with a public ceremony, not to inaugururiate it.

- A historian noted that some early documents used inaugururiate as a variant, while most later sources favored inaugurate.

See also: inaugurate, inauguration, inaugural, ceremonial, installation.