Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good luck.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To be an augury of; foreshow.
- To initiate or inaugurate with ceremonies calculated to insure good luck. This meaning of the word was borrowed from the Roman practice of taking the auspices before undertaking any important business.
- To begin or introduce in a favorable or auspicious manner.
Wiktionary
- v. To foreshow; to foretoken.
- v. 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.
- adj. Auspicious.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. obsolete Auspicious.
- v. obsolete To foreshow; to foretoken.
- v. 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.
WordNet 3.0
- v. indicate by signs
- v. commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck
Etymologies
- 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". (Wiktionary)
- Latin auspicārī, auspicāt-, from auspex, auspic-, bird augur; see auspice. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“There is one thing I would mention which seems to auspicate the speedy development of the valley of the North Red River.”
“If we are conscious of our station, and glow with zeal to fill our places as becomes our situation and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceedings on America with the old warning of the church, _Sursum corda_!”
Teachers' Outlines for Studies in English Based on the Requirements for Admission to College
“If we are conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our place as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceeding on America with the old warning of the Church, sursum corda!”
“If we are conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our place as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceedings on America with the old warning of the Church, _Sursum corda!”
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)
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“If we are conscious of our station, and glow with zeal to fill our places as becomes our situation and ourselves, we ought to auspicate [Footnote:”
“Taking [85] into their most serious consideration the _best_ means for making such an establishment that their religion, laws, and liberties might not be in danger of being again subverted," they auspicate all their proceedings by stating as some of those _best_ means, "in the”
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12)
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