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Auspicate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AU'SPICATE, v.t. [L. asupicor.]
1. To give a favorable turn to; a sense taken from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before they undertook any important business.
2. To foreshow.
3. To begin.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]
2: commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck; "They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne"

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Auspicate 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Auspicate 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.