Aus*pi"cious (&?;), a.
[See Auspice.]
1. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good;
as, an auspicious beginning.
Auspicious union of order and
freedom.
Macaulay.
2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. "Auspicious chief."
Dryden.
3. Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to
persons or things. "Thy
auspicious mistress." Shak. "Auspicious gales." Pope.
Syn. -- See Propitious.
-- Aus*pi"cious*ly,
adv. -- Aus*pi"cious*ness, n.
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