inaugurate
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Mr. Borah wound up with stirring generalizations: "Inaugurate a campaign of peace . . . get in touch with the masses."
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Inaugurate, in-aw′gūr-āt, v.t. to induct formally into an office: to cause to begin: to make a public exhibition of for the first time.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
With joyous shout and ringing cheer, Inaugurate our brief career!
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
Report on the Feasibility and Advisability of some Policy to Inaugurate a System of Rifle Practice throughout the Public Schools of the Country.
From A report on the feasibility and advisability of some policy to inaugurate a system of rifle practice throughout the public schools of the country by Wingate, George Wood
Besides many other epigrammatic deliverances to similar effect, he said: Inaugurate war, we know not where it will end; we are in no condition to fight.
From The Bull-Run Rout Scenes Attending the First Clash of Volunteers in the Civil War by Clement, Edward Henry
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