Obs. [ad. L. auspicātus, pa. pple. of auspicāre, -āri to take omens at the beginning of any business, to start prosperously, to begin, enter upon, f. auspic-em, AUSPEX.] Started with good auspices; well-omened; fortunate.
1603. Holland, Plutarch’s Mor., 679. It is not an auspicate beginning of a feast … to snatch or lurch from one another.
1657. Howell, Londinop., 6. Among the most auspicious names … [is] none more auspicate or glorious than Augusta.
