august

adjectif

1. 1

   Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.

   an august patron of the arts

   In the book of Pſalms there are many things ſaid of David, which ſeem capable of a much auguſter ſenſe than can be pretended to be anſwered by any thing that befel himſelf.

   [W]e shall not, I think, be able to find language which can convey in few words more fully the idea we should always have impressed on our minds of the august character of our Lord, than the expression, "the word of life."

   The commands of the august sovereign are the imperial commands, or the phœnix (the incomparable) mandate.

2. 2

   Of noble birth.

   an august lineage

   A branch of the house of Lorraine, in comparison with which even the royal race of Capet was mean, the Guises traced back their august lineage through a long line of warrior princes to the Imperial figure of Charlemagne.

verbe

1. 1

   obsolèteTo make ripe; ripen.

2. 2

   obsolèteTo bring to realization.

   By divine science and cœlestial art / He for the cause of the dear nations toiled, / And augusted man's heavenly hopes that so, / […] / he might, by awful rites / […] / Adhæsion with Divinity achieve.

nom

1. 1

   Variante de augusteAlternative form of auguste (“kind of clown”).

Formes

pluriel

augusts

comparatif

auguster, more august

superlatif

augustest, most august

passé

augusted

participe passé

augusted

participe présent

augusting

3ᵉ personne du singulier

augusts