Definition of August

Au`gust´
a.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.
n.1.The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.


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