AU'SPICATE, verb transitive [Latin 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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.