† ˈauspicy Obs.
[ad. L. auspicium auspice.]
The drawing of omens from birds.
| 1603 Sir C. Heydon Jud. Astrol. xvii. 356 Auspicie was rather an inuention of pollicie. 1628 Powerf. Favorite 120 He consulted with his Auspicy to know what it presaged. 1687 Shadwell Juvenal's Sat. x. note, Who interpret dextro pede ‘with most prosperous Auspicies.’ |