Auspicious. [Obs.] Holland.
To foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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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