Auspicate
Auspicate ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Latin auspicatus, past participle of auspicari to take auspices, from auspex a bird seer, an augur, a contr. of avispex; avis bird + specere, spicere, to view. See Aviary, Spy.]
Auspicious. [Obsolete] — Holland
Auspicate ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
1.
To foreshow; to foretoken. [Obsolete] — B. Jonson
2.
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.
They auspicate all their proceedings.