Dictionary entry

Auspicate (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Aus″pi‐cate (�), v. t. 1. To foreshow; to foretoken. B. 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.

Burke.