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Definition: Auspicate |
AuspicateVerb1. Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news". 2. Commence in a manner calculated to bring food luck: "They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "auspicate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
Synonyms: AuspicateSynonyms: augur (v), betoken (v), bode (v), forecast (v), foreshadow (v), foretell (v), omen (v), portend (v), predict (v), prefigure (v), presage (v), prognosticate (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Auspicate |
| Etymologies containing "auspicate": Auspice ♦ Inauspicate. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "auspicate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Romanian | prevesti (augur, betoken, bode, divine, forebode, forerun, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, harbinger, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, promise, threaten), iniĊ£ia (begin, initiate, instruct, introduce, master mind, start, stir), inaugura (commission, inaugurate, initiate, unveil). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Auspicate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aussichten. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-p-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: aseptic, auspice, cuspate, spicate, teacups. | |
-3 letters: acuate, acutes, apices, aspect, capias, capita, casita, catsup, cuesta, cuties, epacts, pastie, petsai, pietas, septic, spicae, taupes, teacup, upcast. | |
-4 letters: aceta, acute, aecia, apace, aspic, ataps, capes, caput, caste, cates, cause, cesta, cesti, cites, cutes, cutie, cutis, epact, epics, etuis, ictus, pacas, paces, pacts, paisa, paise, pasta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-p-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: capitulates. | |
+3 letters: capitularies, particulates. | |
+4 letters: autocephalies, encapsulating, encapsulation, paramountcies, particularise, quasiparticle, recapitulates. | |
+5 letters: encapsulations, particularised, particularises, particularizes, quadruplicates, quasiparticles. | |
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