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Synonyms

auspicate

American

[aw-spi-keyt] / ˈɔ spɪˌkeɪt /

verb (used with object)

auspicated, auspicating

to initiate with ceremonies calculated to ensure good luck; inaugurate.

Etymology

Origin of auspicate

1595–1605; < Latin auspicātus consecrated by auguries (past participle of auspicārī ), equivalent to auspic- (stem of auspex ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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They fault Luther for translating in Acts 19, 18: "Und verkuendigten, was sie ausgerichtet hatten," that is, They reported what they had accomplished.

From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by Dau, W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore)

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