AUSPICATE


Meaning of AUSPICATE in English

/aw"spi kayt'/ , v.t., auspicated, auspicating .

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

[ 1595-1605; auspicatus consecrated by auguries (ptp. of auspicari ), equiv. to auspic- (s. of AUSPEX) + -atus -ATE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .