Auspicate

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  • transitive verb. To begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good luck.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To be an augury of; foreshow.
  • To initiate or inaugurate with ceremonies calculated to insure good luck.
  • To begin or introduce in a favorable or auspicious manner.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Auspicious.
  • transitive verb. To foreshow; to foretoken.
  • transitive verb. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To foreshow; to foretoken.
  • verb. 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.
  • adjective. Auspicious.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. indicate by signs
  • verb. commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    begin  commence  get  get down  set about  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    auspicious  begin  foreshow  foretoken  inaugurate  
    verb-form
    auspicated  auspicating  
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