auspicate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: auspicate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
auspicate v indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict] commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck; "They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Auspicate \Aus"picate\, 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.