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Definition of Auspicate
1. Verb. Indicate by signs. "These signs bode bad news"
Specialized synonyms: Threaten, Foreshow
Generic synonyms: Bespeak, Betoken, Indicate, Point, Signal
Derivative terms: Augur, Auspice, Forecast, Foreshadowing, Omen, Portent, Predictive, Prefigurative, Presage, Prognosis, Prognostication
2. Verb. Commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck. "They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne"
Derivative terms: Auspice
Definition of Auspicate
1. a. Auspicious.
2. v. t. To foreshow; to foretoken.
Definition of Auspicate
1. Verb. To foreshow; to foretoken. ¹
2. Verb. 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. ¹
3. Adjective. Auspicious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Auspicate
1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]
Medical Definition of Auspicate
1. 1. To foreshow; to foretoken. 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) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Auspicate
Literary usage of Auspicate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"... of his owne nature too high minded, ascribing whatsoever was in the world
fortunatly exploited, unto hia auspicate direction and happie government. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"To anticipate bad news. Somerset. auspicate. Auspicious. Enter and prosper, while
our eyes doe waite For an ascendent throughly auspicate. ..."
3. The Roman Assemblies from Their Origin to the End of the Republic by George Willis Botsford (1909)
"It was not the custom of the tribunes, however, to auspicate their assemblies of
the plebs.7 1 As when for instance the consul forbids the minor magistrate ..."
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