Auspicate

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] 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. Burke.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Auspicious. [Obs.] Holland.