| Definitions | | auspicate |
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verb (auspicat, ing)
- To foreshow; to foretoken.
- 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, Auspicious.
Etymology: From 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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