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AUSPICATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they auspicate ... he / she / it auspicates
Past simple: auspicated
Past participle: auspicated
-ing form: auspicating
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)
