auspicate
12 synonyms for auspicate, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To be a sign of something that is going to happen.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
From Latin auspicatus, the past participle of auspicari, “to take auspices”, which came from auspex, meaning “bird seer” or “augur” — itself a contraction of avispex, formed from avis, “bird”, and specere or spicere, “to view”.
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