auspicate
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(verb) commence in a manner calculated to bring food luck: "They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne" |
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Related Words: begin, commence, get, set about, set out, start, start out |
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(verb) indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" |
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Synonyms: augur, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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Related Words: bespeak, betoken, foreshow, indicate, point, prophesy, signal, threaten |
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