Hypertext Webster Gateway: "auspicate"
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"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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
auspicate
v 1: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode},
{portend}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {presage}, {betoken},
{foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {prefigure}, {forecast},
{predict}]
2: commence in a manner calculated to bring food luck: "They
auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne"
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