Auspicate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Indicate, as with a sign or an omen; "These signs bode bad news".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The crystal ball seemed to auspicate a future filled with impending doom for the kingdom.
- The ancient prophecy began to auspicate the coming of a great calamity.
- A flock of ravens flying overhead was thought to auspicate the death of a loved one in an old legend.
- The sudden silence in the forest was believed to auspicate the presence of a predator.
- A dramatic change in the weather was said to auspicate the start of a prosperous harvest season.
Synonyms
- Omen
- Augur
- Predict
- Portend
- Prefigure
- Bode
- Betoken
- Presage
- Foretell
- Prognosticate
- Forecast
- Foreshadow