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▪ I. august, a.|ɔːˈgʌst|
[ad. L. augustus consecrated, venerable, prob. f. augur, as if ‘consecrated by augury, auspicious’; perh. influenced in use by association with augē-re to increase, magnify. Cf. mod.F. auguste (not in Cotgrave).]
1. Inspiring mingled reverence and admiration; impressing the emotions or imagination as magnificent; majestic, stately, sublime, solemnly grand; venerable, revered.
1664H. More Apol. 486 The ancient Philosophers look'd upon this Universe as one August Temple of God. 1712Addison Spect. No. 414 ⁋4 There is generally in Nature something more Grand and August, than what we meet with in the Curiosities of Art. 1795Burke Let. Wks. 1842 II. 244 Never was so beautiful and so august a spectacle presented to the moral eye. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 534 The funeral was long remembered as the saddest and most august that Westminster had ever seen. 1869J. Martineau Ess. II. 149 [It] renews its ancient glance with an auguster beauty.
2. Venerable from birth or position; of stately dignity; dignified, worshipful, eminent, majestic. (Sometimes complimentary or perfunctory.)
1673Dryden Marr. à la Mode v. i, Since he is King..He looks so grand and so august. a1720J. Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) II. 141 And made obeisance to that august Assembly. 1821Byron Two Foscari iv. i, To mingle with a body so august. 1860Trench Serm. Westm. xiv. 152 We have a human sufferer in Him—the augustest indeed that ever shared our flesh and blood. 1864H. Ainsworth Tower 231 Your august father was a prince of high and noble qualities.
▪ II. august, v.|ˈɔːgəst|
[f. prec. n. after F. aoûter.]
To ripen, bring to fruition.
1693[see augusted]. 1855Bailey Mystic 55 He for..dear nations toiled, And augusted man's heavenly hopes. |