AUSPICATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does auspicate mean? 

• AUSPICATE (verb)
  The verb AUSPICATE has 2 senses:

1. indicate, as with a sign or an omen

2. commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck

  Familiarity information: AUSPICATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUSPICATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they auspicate    ... he / she / it auspicates   
Past simple: auspicated   
Past participle: auspicated   
-ing form: auspicating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Indicate, as with a sign or an omen

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

augur; auspicate; betoken; bode; forecast; foreshadow; foretell; omen; portend; predict; prefigure; presage; prognosticate

Context example:

These signs bode bad news

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne

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)