AUGUST

august, revered, venerable

(adjective) profoundly honored; “revered holy men”

august, grand, lordly

(adjective) of or befitting a lord; “heir to a lordly fortune”; “of august lineage”

Lammas, Lammas Day, August

(noun) commemorates Saint Peter’s miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England

Assumption, Assumption of Mary, August

(noun) celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary’s being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church

August, Aug

(noun) the month following July and preceding September

Transfiguration, Transfiguration Day, August

(noun) (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Adjective

august (comparative auguster or more august, superlative augustest or most august)

Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.

Of noble birth.

Etymology 2

Verb

august (third-person singular simple present augusts, present participle augusting, simple past and past participle augusted)

(obsolete, rare) To make ripe; ripen.

(obsolete, rare) To bring to realization.

Etymology 3

Noun

august (plural augusts)

Alternative form of auguste (“kind of clown”)

Anagrams

• Tausug

Etymology 1

Proper noun

August (plural Augusts)

The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.

A female given name from English derived from the month (rare modern usage).

Synonyms

• Sextilis (chiefly early Roman contexts), Sextile (early Roman contexts, now uncommon)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

August

A male given name from Latin.

(US) A surname.

A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.

Anagrams

• Tausug

Source: Wiktionary

Au*gust", a. Etym: [L. augustus; cf. augere to increase; in the language of religion, to honor by offerings: cf. F. auguste. See Augment.]

Definition: 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, n. Etym: [L. Augustus. See note below, and August, a.]

Definition: The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

Note: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition