auspicate

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auspicate

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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".

verb auspicates · auspicating · auspicated

transitive To foreshow; to foretoken.
transitive 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 more auspicate · most auspicate

Auspicious. For by reason that the whole day beside was ominous and dismall, there was no time thereof thought more auspicate and convenient than it, to enter upon the Empire;

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@misc{auspicate_2026,
  title = {auspicate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/auspicate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}