from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
transitive verb To begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good luck.
from The Century Dictionary.
To be an augury of; foreshow.
To initiate or inaugurate with ceremonies calculated to insure good luck.
To begin or introduce in a favorable or auspicious manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective obsolete Auspicious.
transitive verb obsolete To foreshow; to foretoken.
transitive verb 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb To foreshow; to foretoken.
verb 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 Auspicious.
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verb indicate by signs
verb commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin auspicārī, auspicāt-, from auspex, auspic-, bird augur; see auspice.]
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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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Examples
There is one thing I would mention which seems to auspicate the speedy development of the valley of the North Red River.
If we are conscious of our station, and glow with zeal to fill our places as becomes our situation and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceedings on America with the old warning of the church, _Sursum corda_!
If we are conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our place as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceeding on America with the old warning of the Church, sursum corda!
If we are conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our place as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceedings on America with the old warning of the Church, _Sursum corda!
"Taking [85] into their most serious consideration the _best_ means for making such an establishment that their religion, laws, and liberties might not be in danger of being again subverted," they auspicate all their proceedings by stating as some of those _best_ means, "in the
qms commented on the word auspicate
Philosophers routinely postulate
And pundits are prone to prognosticate
But if you’d be blessed
A twitcher knows best,
Whose passion is always to auspicate.
June 13, 2018