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Auspicate

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
Auspicious.
"For by reason that the whole day beside was ominous and dismall, there was no time thereof thought more auspicate and convenient than it, to enter upon the Empire;"

Verb

1
To foreshow; to foretoken. transitive
2
commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck wordnet
3
To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business. transitive
4
indicate, as with a sign or an omen wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin auspicatus, past participle of auspicari "to take auspices", from auspex "bird seer", "augur", a contraction of avispex; avis "bird" + specere, spicere, "to view".

Etymology 2

From Latin auspicatus, past participle of auspicari "to take auspices", from auspex "bird seer", "augur", a contraction of avispex; avis "bird" + specere, spicere, "to view".

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