adj
Meaning 1
Auspicious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
auspicate
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verb
Meaning 2
To foreshow; to foretoken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
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.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne
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Broader terms: get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
verb
Meaning 5
indicate by signs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- These signs bode bad news
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bode, portend, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
Narrower terms: threaten, foreshow
History
Etymology
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".