auspicate
Americanverb (used with object)
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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Will you rise with me to the dignity and affecting associations that surrounded and auspicated the struggle of our forefathers for this principle?
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The life so impressively auspicated lasted till the 29th of June, 1894.
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Every new magistracy, succeeding by homicide, is auspicated by accusing its predecessors in the office of tyranny, and it continues by the exercise of what they charged upon others.
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Our words "auspicious" and "auspicate" are derived from the "auspices," or outlook on nature which these seers practised.
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Would to God I could auspicate good influences!
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