auspicate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: aus=pi=cate

CIDE DICTIONARY

auspicate, a. [L. auspicatus, p. p. of auspicari to take auspices, fr. auspex a bird seer, an augur, a contr. of avispex; avis bird + specere, spicere, to view. See Aviary, Spy.].

 Auspicious.  Holland.  [1913 Webster]

auspicate, v. t. 

•  To foreshow; to foretoken.  B. Jonson.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "They auspicate all their proceedings."  [1913 Webster]