AUSPICATE

auspicate

(verb) commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck; “They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne”

bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen; “These signs bode bad news”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

auspicate (third-person singular simple present auspicates, present participle auspicating, simple past and past participle auspicated)

(transitive) To foreshow; to foretoken.

(transitive) 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.

Adjective

auspicate (comparative more auspicate, superlative most auspicate)

Auspicious.

Source: Wiktionary


Aus"pi*cate, a. Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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