auspicate
['ɔspə`ket]
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auspicate
[ verb ]

1. indicate by signs

<verb.communication> augur betoken bode forecast foreshadow foretell omen portend predict prefigure presage prognosticate
These signs bode bad news

2. commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck

<verb.change>
They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne

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.


Auspicate \Aus"pi*cate\, 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.