Meaning of AUSPICATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'ospu`keyt
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- [v] commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck; "They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne"
- [v] indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
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| | Synonyms: | | augur, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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| | See Also: | | begin, bespeak, commence, foreshow, get, indicate, point, set about, set out, signal, start, start out, threaten | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Aus"pi*cate\, a. [L. auspicatus, p. p. of auspicari
to take auspices, fr. auspex a bird seer, an augur, a contr.
of avispex; avis bird + specere, spicere, to view. See
{Aviary}, {Spy}.]
Auspicious. [Obs.] --Holland.
\Aus"pi*cate\, v. t.
1. To foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
2. 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.
They auspicate all their proceedings. --Burke.
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