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august
/ɔˈɡʌst/
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What does august mean?
adjective
- Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
- Of noble birth.
noun
- Alternative form of auguste (“kind of clown”).
More meanings (7)
proper noun
- The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.
- A male given name from Latin.
- A surname from Latin.
- A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
- (archaic) A female given name from English derived from the month (of birth).
verb
- (obsolete, rare) To make ripe; ripen.
- (obsolete, rare) To bring to realization.
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IPA pronunciation
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It became so much graver that, in the August of that year, the doctors recommended him to take the waters at Enghien.
In August Perrotte was seized by a similar malady, and, in spite of all her resistance, had to take to her bed.
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And on the SECOND day of August following, "the declaration being engrossed, and compared at the table, was signed by the members."
On the 8th August, with his balloon leaking, he made a second attempt, and narrowly escaped disaster, the airship being entirely wrecked.
It is the first week of August, at about nine o'clock in the evening, under a perfect sky, in calm, hot weather.