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auspice|ˈɔːspɪs|
Now usually in pl. auspices |ˈɔːspɪsɪz|.
[a. F. auspice (14th c.), ad. L. auspicium the action or function of the auspex.]
1. An observation of birds for the purpose of obtaining omens; a sign or token given by birds.
1533Bellendene Livy iv. (1822) 319 Na plebeane micht have auspicis, that is to say, thay micht nocht divine. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 307 Taking an auspice..it was told him, &c. 1770Langhorne Plutarch (1879) I. 172/2 The auspices which were taken when he was appointed. 1868Milman St. Paul's ii. 20 All sortileges, auspices, divinations, and other works of the devil were forbidden.
2. gen. Any divine or prophetic token; prognostic, premonition; esp. indication of a happy future.
1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 186 The glorious Cesar Henry..whom God may make to command with happy auspices. 1796Burke Regic. Peace iii. Wks. VIII. 327 This auspice [the publication of a pamphlet] was instantly followed by a speech from the throne, in the very spirit..of that pamphlet. 1848R. Hamilton Sabbath ii. 50 What was the auspice and relief which words like these brought to his soul! 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 20 A life which had opened under the fairest auspices.
3. Prosperous lead; propitious influence exerted on behalf of any undertaking; patronage, favouring direction; esp. in phr. under the auspices of.
a1637B. Jonson (J.) Great father Mars..By whose high auspice Rome hath stood So long. 1667Dryden Ann. Mirab. 1150 That Town..Which by his Auspice they will nobler make. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 135 The whole has been done under the auspices..of religion and piety. 1844Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) II. xi. 168 Published under the auspices of the Royal Society of Literature. 1865Livingstone Zambesi xvi. 337 An experiment begun under his enlightened auspices.
†4. A lucky or well-omened introduction. Obs.
1688Dryden Brit. Rediv. 50 That James this running century may view, And give his son an auspice to the new. |