Auspicate

II. Auspicate ·vt To Foreshow; to Foretoken.

III. Auspicate ·vt 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.

auspicate
(Lat. auspicio.) To foreshow or fotetell the event.--Richardson. This old word, though unnoticed by ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.