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auspicate vi. 卜得吉兆而開始,占卜,預言
vt. 開創 卜得吉兆而開始,占卜,預言開創 auspicate v 1: indicate by signs; " These signs bode bad news" [ synonym: { bode}, { portend}, { auspicate}, { prognosticate}, { omen}, { presage}, { betoken}, { foreshadow}, { augur}, { foretell}, { prefigure}, { forecast}, { predict}] 2: commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck; " They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne" Auspicate \ Aus" pi* cate\, v. t. 1. To foreshow; to foretoken. [ Obs.] -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. 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. [ 1913 Webster] They auspicate all their proceedings. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster]
Auspicate \ Aus" pi* cate\, a. [ L. auspicatus, p. p. of auspicari to take auspices, fr. auspex a bird seer, an augur, a contr. of avispex; avis bird specere, spicere, to view. See { Aviary}, { Spy}.] Auspicious. [ Obs.] -- Holland. [ 1913 Webster]
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