August (&unr_;), 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.
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So beautiful and so august a spectacle. Burke.
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To mingle with a body so august. Byron.
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Syn. -- Grand; magnificent; majestic; solemn; awful; noble; stately; dignified; imposing.
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