Auspicate

auspicate
    v 1: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn:
         {bode}, {portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen},
         {presage}, {betoken}, {foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell},
         {prefigure}, {forecast}, {predict}]
    2: commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck; "They
       auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne"
    

Auspicate \Aus"pi*cate\, v. t.
   1. To foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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   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.
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            They auspicate all their proceedings. --Burke.
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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.
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