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Webster 1913 Edition
August
Au-gust′
,Adj.
[L.
augustus
; cf. augere
to increase; in the language of religion, to honor by offerings: cf. F. auguste
. See Augment
.] Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority.
“Forms august.” Pope.
“August in visage.” Dryden.
“To shed that august blood.” Macaulay.
So beautiful and so
august
a spectacle. Burke.
To mingle with a body so
august
. Byron.
Syn. – Grand; magnificent; majestic; solemn; awful; noble; stately; dignified; imposing.
Au′gust
,Noun.
The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
☞ The old Roman name was Sextilis, the sixth month from March, the month in which the primitive Romans, as well as Jews, began the year. The name was changed to August in honor of Augustus Cæsar, the first emperor of Rome, on account of his victories, and his entering on his first consulate in that month.
Webster 1828 Edition
August
AUGUST'
,Adj.
Grand; magnificent; majestic; impressing awe; inspiring reverence.
The Trojan chief appeared, august in visage.
It is related that this epithet was first conferred by the Roman senate upon Octavius, after confirming him in the sovereign power.