Definitions

1. verb

to install or confer an office or dignity on (someone)

“The new president was inducted to inaurate the new government building.”

2. verb

to mark the beginning of (something)

“The festival was inaurated with a grand parade through the city.”

3. noun

the act of installing or conferring an office or dignity

“The inauration ceremony took place on the first day of the new government.”