auspicate


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auspicate

بمبارکى افتتاح کردن ،گشودن ،پيشگويى کردن


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AUSPICATE
INIZIARE CON UN ATTO DI BUON AUSPICIO. INIZIARE SOTTO BUONI AUSPICI

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بمبارکى افتتاح کردن ، گشودن ، پيشگويى کردن

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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.]
auspicate
\aus"pi*cate\ (&?;), v. t.
1. to foreshow; to foretoken. [obs.] 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.
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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Auspicate
(v. t.)
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.
  
 
(v. t.)
To foreshow; to foretoken.
  
 
(a.)
Auspicious.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About