auspicate

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verb

1. indicate by signs
- These signs bode bad news
• Syn:
bode, portend, prognosticate, omen, presage,
presage, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure,
forecast, predict
• Derivationally related forms:
predictive (for: predict), forecast (for: forecast), prefigurative (for: prefigure), augur (for: augur), foreshadowing (for: foreshadow), presage (for: presage), omen (for: omen), prognostication (for: prognosticate), prognosis (for: prognosticate), auspice, portent (for: portend)
• Hypernyms:
bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
• Hyponyms:
threaten, foreshow
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck
- They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne
• Derivationally related forms:
auspice
• Hypernyms:
get down, begin, get, start out, start,
set about, set out, commence
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something