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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