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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
auspicate
 
SYLLABICATION:aus·pi·cate
PRONUNCIATION:  ôsp-kt
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: aus·pi·cat·ed, aus·pi·cat·ing, aus·pi·cates
To begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good luck.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin auspicr, auspict-, from auspex, auspic-, bird augur. See auspice.
 
 
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