auspicate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin auspicatus, past participle of auspicari "to take auspices", from auspex "bird seer", "augur", a contraction of avispex; avis "bird" + specere, spicere, "to view". === Verb === auspicate (third-person singular simple present auspicates, present participle auspicating, simple past and past participle auspicated) (transitive) To foreshow; to foretoken. (transitive) To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business. === Adjective === auspicate (comparative more auspicate, superlative most auspicate) Auspicious. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “auspicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== auspicate inflection of auspicare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== auspicate f pl feminine plural of auspicato == Latin == === Adjective === auspicāte vocative masculine singular of auspicātus