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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

August

/ôʹgəst/ · Au·gust · IPA /ɔˈɡʌst/
01 a. Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted …
  1. 1.
    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.
    “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.
02 n. The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
  1. 1.
    The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.