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AUSPICATE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck

Example:

They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "auspicate" is one way to...):

begin; commence; get; get down; set about; set out; start; start out (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

auspice (a favorable omen)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Indicate, as with a sign or an omen

Example:

These signs bode bad news

Synonyms:

augur; auspicate; betoken; bode; forecast; foreshadow; foretell; omen; portend; predict; prefigure; presage; prognosticate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "auspicate" is one way to...):

bespeak; betoken; indicate; point; signal (be a signal for or a symptom of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "auspicate"):

threaten (to be a menacing indication of something)

foreshow (foretell by divine inspiration)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

auspice (a favorable omen)

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