Verb: auspicate 'os-pu,keyt
- Commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck
"They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne"
- Be a sign of something to come, esp. something important or bad
"These signs auspicate bad news";
- bode, portend, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken [archaic], foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict, foretoken
Derived forms: auspicated, auspicates, auspicating
Type of: begin, bespeak, betoken [archaic], get, get down, indicate, point, set about, set out, signal, start, start out