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Definition of Augusts

August
August Au*gust", a. [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.
August
August Au"gust, n. [L. Augustus. See note below, and August, a.] 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 C[ae]sar, the first emperor of Rome, on account of his victories, and his entering on his first consulate in that month.

Meaning of Augusts from wikipedia

- Augusts is a Latvian masculine given name, a cognate of the name August, and may refer to: Augusts Annuss (1893–1984), Latvian painter Augusts Kepke (1886–19...
- Augusts Strautmanis (July 11, 1907, Riga – January 8, 1990, Ikšķile) was a Latvian chess master. Augusts Strautmanis started to play chess at an early...
- Olympics. "Augusts Kepke". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2020. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Augusts Kepke". Olympics...
- (1945) "Ievērojamie mediķi - Kirhensteins Augusts". www.ieverojamiemediki.lv. Retrieved 16 November 2024. "Augusts Kirhenšteins". enciklopedija.lv. Retrieved...
- competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics. "Augusts Annuss". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 August 2020. Lace, Rasma, 2005: Augusts Annuss 1893 - 1984. Jumava, Riga. 182 pp...
- Augusts Zagorskis (1900 – 1963) was a Latvian and Latgalian ceramicist. Augusts Zagorskis was born at Eisāgi village in the modern-day Rušona Parish,...
- Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis (Latvian: [ˈkaːrlis ˈɑuɡusts ˈvilxɛlms ˈuɫmɑnis]; 4 September 1877 – 20 September 1942) was a Latvian politician and a...
- Augusts Malvess (2 November 1878, Gulbene – 9 May 1951, Riga) was a Latvian architect. Augusts Malvess was born in Gulbene in northeastern Latvia and studied...
- Augusts Voss (Russian: Август Эдуардович Восс; 30 October 1919, Saltykovo – 10 February 1994, Moscow) was a Soviet politician of Latvian origin and party...
- foundation Prinds Christian Augusts Minde. It acquired a large town house which still bears his name. A street in Oslo, Kristian Augusts gate, was named after...