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inauguring

inauguring is the present participle and gerund of inaugur.

Meaning of inaugur

Verb

inaugur (third-person singular simple present inaugurs, present participle inauguring, simple past and past participle inaugured)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To inaugurate.
    • Numa Pompilius (who was inaugured and created king of the Romans next after Romulus) was far more careful and busier in grounding of idolatrous religion (as upon rites, ceremonies, sacrifices and superstitions) than we are in the promoting of christian religion, […]1549, Hugh Latimer, “The Second Sermon of Master Hugh Latimer, which He Preached before the King’s Majesty [Edward VI], within His Grace’s Palace at Westminster, the Fifteenth Day of March, 1549. To...

Questions about inauguring

What is inauguring the present participle and gerund of?
Inauguring is the present participle and gerund of inaugur.

Words near inauguring in the dictionary

  1. inaugurative
  2. inaugurator
  3. inaugurators
  4. inauguratory
  5. inaugured
  6. inauguring
  7. inaugurs
  8. inaurate
  9. inaurated
  10. inaurates
  11. inaurating

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