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Definition of "auspicate" [aus•pi•cate]

  • To begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good luck. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "auspicate" in a sentence
  • "There is one thing I would mention which seems to auspicate the speedy development of the valley of the North Red River."
  • "If we are conscious of our station, and glow with zeal to fill our places as becomes our situation and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceedings on America with the old warning of the church, _Sursum corda_!"
  • "If we are conscious of our situation, and glow with zeal to fill our place as becomes our station and ourselves, we ought to auspicate all our public proceeding on America with the old warning of the Church, sursum corda!"