auspicate

[aw-spi-keyt]

verb (used with object)

auspicated, auspicating 

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of auspicate¹

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

Example Sentences

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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Related Words

• anticipate 
• augur 
• foreshadow 
• portend 
• prefigure 
• presage 
• prophesy 
• signify