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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
AUSPICATE
v.t.[L. asupicor.] 1. To give a favorable turn to; a sense taken from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before they undertook any important business.
2. To foreshow.
3. To begin.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
AUSPICATE
Aus "pi *cate, a. Etym: [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. ]
Defn: Auspicious. [Obs. ] Holland.
AUSPICATE
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.
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