auspicate

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

(Lat. auspicio.) To foreshow or fotetell the event.--Richardson. This old word, though unnoticed by Johnson, may be found in Holland's translations, Ben Jonson and other early writers. It is but rarely used at the present day.


King Edward therefore presented himself before the strong towne of Berwick, with a mighty haste, there to auspicate his entrance to a conquest of England.--Speed, History of Great Britain.

Would to God I could auspicate good influences.--Webster's Speech.

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