/ˈɔːspɪsɪz/, /ˈɔːspɪsiːz/, U.S. /ˈɔspəsəz/, /ˈɑspəsəz/, /ˈɔspəsiz/, /ˈɑspəsiz/.auspicen.
/ˈɔːspɪs/, U.S. /ˈɔspəs/, /ˈɑspəs//ˈɔːspɪsɪz/, /ˈɔːspɪsiːz/, U.S. /ˈɔspəsəz/, /ˈɑspəsəz/, /ˈɔspəsiz/, /ˈɑspəsiz/. 1. An observation of birds for the purpose of obtaining omens; a sign or token given by birds.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by birds, augury > [noun]
augurya1413
augurationc1450
ornomancyc1500
auspice1533
auspicy1603
alectromancy1652
ornithomancy1652
alectryomancy1658
bird-divination1670
orneoscopics1727
orniscopics1775
ornithoscopy1840
orniscopy1890
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) iv. 319 Na plebeane micht have auspicis, that is to say, thay micht nocht divine.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 307 Taking an auspice..it was told him, [&c.].
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 172/2 The auspices which were taken when he was appointed.
1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral 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.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > a good omen
promise?1533
soothsay1590
auspice1660
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 186 in Justice Vindicated The glorious Cesar Henry..whom God may make to command with happy auspices.
1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France iii, in Wks. (1808) 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.
1848 R. W. Hamilton Disq. Sabbath ii. 50 What was the auspice and relief which words like these brought to his soul!
1855 T. B. Macaulay 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 under the auspices of.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > patronage > [noun]
avowry1330
lordshipc1405
goodlordship1418
good mastership1428
good masterhood1445
patrocinyc1475
patronage1553
patrocine1590
Maecenatism1606
auspice1611
clientele1611
patrocination1640
favour1692
Maecenasship1816
shefstvo1937
society > authority > control > in control or charge [phrase] > under the auspices of
under the aegis of1773
under the auspices of1790
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > patronage > under patronage of [phrase]
under the auspices of1790
1611 B. Jonson Catiline ii. sig. E2v Great Father Mars..By whose high auspice, Rome hath stood So long. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cclxxxix. 73 That Town..Which by his Auspice they will nobler make.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 133 The whole has been done under the auspices..of religion and piety. View more context for this quotation
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. xi. 184 Published under the auspices of the Royal Society of Literature.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xvi. 337 An experiment begun under his enlightened auspices.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune > quality of being auspicious > a lucky introduction
auspice1688
1688 J. Dryden Britannia Rediviva 3 That James this running Century may view, And give his Son an Auspice to the New.
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