inaugurate
/ɪˈnɔɡjəˌreɪt/
verb
- To formally begin or introduce something, such as a new system, policy, or project.
- The company will inaugurate a new recycling program next month.
- The mayor inaugurated the city's first public library with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
- Scientists inaugurated a series of climate studies in the Arctic region.
- To formally install someone into a position of power or office, especially through a ceremony.
- The president will be inaugurated on January 20th.
- The new dean was inaugurated during a special ceremony at the university.
- They inaugurated the chief justice in a historic session of the Supreme Court.