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单词 auspicate
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auspicateadj.

Etymology: < Latin auspicātus, past participle of auspicāre , auspicāri to take omens at the beginning of any business, to start prosperously, to begin, enter upon, < auspic-em , auspex n.
Obsolete.
Started with good auspices; well-omened; fortunate.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > favoured or attended by good fortune > auspicious
goodOE
fortunatec1400
luckyc1450
fortunablec1465
sonsyc1540
propitious1581
auspicate1603
auspicial1614
auspicious1616
well1633
silly1650
auspical1656
candid1715
well-omened1720
good luck1761
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 679 It is not an auspicate beginning of a feast..to snatch or lurch from one another.
1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 6 Among the most auspicious names..[is] none more auspicate or glorious than Augusta.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

auspicatev.

/ˈɔːspɪkeɪt/
Etymology: < auspical adj., or on analogy of verbs so formed.
1. transitive. To give omen of, betoken, prognosticate. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (transitive)]
betokenc1275
bode1387
prognostica1400
pretend1402
prognosticate?a1425
ossc1450
importc1487
prognostify1495
protendc1554
presage1562
abode1573
boden1573
denounce1581
importune1590
prejudicate1595
foretoken1598
ominate1598
auspicate1604
divine1607
foredeem1612
warranta1616
augur1630
preaugurate1635
prewarna1637
prenote1641
preominate1646
forespeak1667
omen1697
betidea1799
bespeak1851
1604 B. Jonson His Pt. Royall Entertainem. 762 As omenous a Comet..as that did auspicate So lasting glory to Augustus state.
2. intransitive. To augur, prognosticate, predict.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > augur, divine from omens [verb (intransitive)]
conject1496
halsen1587
preominate1594
augurize1596
augur1599
signa1616
ominate1637
augurate1642
conjecture1652
auspicate1848
1848 H. Rogers Ess. (1860) III. 357 It were mockery to auspicate favorably so long as they continue.
3. transitive. To initiate (a business, undertaking, etc.) with a ceremony calculated to ensure prosperity or good luck to it; to give a fortunate start to.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > inaugurate
auspicate1611
augurate1624
to usher in1646
inaugurate1755
augur1865
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 486/2 To auspicate his Temporall affaires with Spirituall deuotions.
1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. Dv First, Sir a health to auspicate our travailes, And wee'll away.
1833 C. Lamb Ellistoniana in Last Ess. Elia 34 To auspicate..the filial concern, and set it a going with a lustre.
1865 D. Nash in Merlin (E.E.T.S.) Pref. 6 Auspicating the foundations of cities..by human sacrifice.
4. To enter upon in a way which may be attended with good or bad consequences; to handsel, signalize (one's entrance upon).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > in a way leading to good or bad results
auspicate1611
the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > inaugurate > handsel or signal the inauguration of
auspicate1611
handsel1634
auspiciate1640
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 473/1 Which Act was accidently hanseld, and auspicated with the bloud of many Iewes.
1796 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France in Wks. IX. 81 The very first acts, by which [this new Government] auspicated its entrance into function.
1834 H. Taylor Philip van Artevelde i. ii. v Can the son better auspicate his arms Than by the slaying of who slew the father?
5. To begin, commence, start; to inaugurate.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)]
beginc1175
baptizec1384
to set a (on) broachc1440
open1471
to set abroachc1475
entame1477
to set afloat1559
initiate1604
first1607
principiate1613
to set afoot or on foot1615
unclap1621
inchoatea1631
flush1633
to set on1638
principatec1650
rudiment1654
auspicate1660
embryonate1666
to strike up1711
start1723
institutea1797
float1833
spark1912
1660 E. Sparke Θυσιαστηριον (ed. 2) 97 Whence all the rest..auspicate their Gospel.
1831 ‘P. Palette’ Crayons from Commons 41 Long ere the purse and mace Were auspicated to proclaim the state Which fortune will'd on Henry Brougham should wait.
1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) I. iv. 125 The London company merits the praise of having auspicated liberty in America.
6. intransitive. To make a start or commencement. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)]
beginc1000
onginOE
aginOE
ginc1175
to go tillc1175
to take onc1175
comsea1225
fanga1225
to go toc1275
i-ginc1275
commencec1320
to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400
to lay to one's hand(sc1405
to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410
to set toc1425
standa1450
to make to1563
to fall to it1570
to start out1574
to fall to1577
to run upon ——1581
to break off1591
start1607
to set in1608
to set to one's hands1611
to put toa1616
to fall ona1625
in1633
to fall aboard1642
auspicatea1670
to set out1693
to enter (into) the fray1698
open1708
to start in1737
inchoate1767
to set off1774
go1780
start1785
to on with1843
to kick off1857
to start in on1859
to steam up1860
to push off1909
to cut loose1923
to get (also put) the show on the road1941
to get one's arse in gear1948
a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 582 Let me auspicate from the Text and Authority of Holy Scripture.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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