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† unauˈspicious, a. Obs.
[un-1 7 and 5 b.]
= inauspicious a.
1601Shakes. Twel. N. v. i. 116 To whose ingrate, and vnauspicious Altars My soule the faithfull'st offrings haue breath'd out. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. ii. 1. (1674) 200 Some unauspitious Aspects of the Heavens. 1708Rowe Royal Convert iv, Seo. Haste, and break off your unauspicious Rites: The instant Dangers summon you away. 1768Woman of Honor II. 232 To consummate so unauspicious a sacrifice as that must be.
Hence † unauˈspiciously adv. Obs.
a1797H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II (1847) III. x. 276 A Minister so unauspiciously seconded by fortune. |