auspicate
auspicate verb: to foreshow; to foretoken.
Verb
auspicate (third-person singular simple present auspicates, present participle auspicating, simple past and past participle auspicated)
- To foreshow; to foretoken.
- 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.
- For by reason that the whole day beside was ominous and dismall, there was no time thereof thought more auspicate and convenient than it, to enter upon the Empire;1606, Caius Suetonius Tranquillus, The Historie of Twelve Cæsars, Emperours of Rome, page 182
- For mee thinks it is not an auspicate beginning of a feast, nor agreeable to amity and good fellowship, to snatch or lurch one from another , to have many hands in a dish at once, to crosse one another with the elbow, and to bee with hand or arme in his fellows way, striving a vie who should be...1657, Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonly Called, the Morals, Written by the Learned Philosopher Plutarch of Chæronea, page 557
auspicate meaning in Tamil
auspicate in Tamil
- வருவது காட்டு, தொடங்கு
Forms of auspicate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | auspicates |
| present participle | auspicating |
| past participle | auspicated |
| past | auspicated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more auspicate |
| superlative | most auspicate |
Origin of auspicate
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".
Words formed from auspicate
Questions about auspicate
- What does auspicate mean?
- Auspicate means to foreshow; to foretoken.
- What is auspicate in Tamil?
- Auspicate in Tamil is வருவது காட்டு, தொடங்கு. See Auspicate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is auspicate?
- Auspicate can be a verb or an adjective.
- What is the past tense of auspicate?
- The past tense of auspicate is auspicated.
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