AUSPICIOUS

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning. Auspicious union of order and freedom. Macaulay.

2.
a.

Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. "Auspicious chief." Dryden.

3.
a.

Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things. "Thy auspicious mistress." Shak. "Auspicious gales." Pope.


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