单词 | auspicate |
释义 | † auspicateadj. 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.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. 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). < adj.1603v.1604 |
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