| | | noun | 1. A divine or prophetic token. |
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 |  | | "Gregory was superstitious about all kinds of auspices and omens." |
| | | "Some cultures consider finding an acorn a good auspice." |
| | | "My aunt thought a swallow sighting was a favorable auspice." |
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 | | Latin, mid-16th century |
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 | | Those who encounter a prophetic sign or omen can use another word to describe such a phenomenon: "auspice," which means "a prophetic token that symbolizes a future event." "Auspice" came into English in the mid-16th century from Latin, and originally referred to a divination practice of observing a bird in flight. In Latin, "auspex" means "observer of birds," and can be broken into "avis" ("bird") and "specere" ("to look"). ... | | Continue Reading |
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