inaugurate
in-AW-gyuh-raytverbMeaning to open or begin with a formal ceremony; to install in office
Memory hook IN AUGUST: a grand OPENING. In August the town opens its new bridge with a band, balloons and a speech by Granny Mae. They inaugurate it.
The town inaugurated its new library with a ribbon, a band and a cake.
In context The railway was inaugurated with great fanfare: flags flew, a band played and the first train carried two hundred cheering guests.
Similar open, launch, begin, install
Opposite close, end, conclude
From Latin inaugurare, “to install after reading the omens,” from augur, a Roman official who read signs in the flight of birds.