Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AU-SPI'CIOUS
AU'SPICE, or AU'SPI-CESAU-SPI'CIOUS-LY
AU-SPI'CIOUS, a. [See Auspice.]
- Having omens of success, or favorable appearances; as, an auspicious beginning.
- Prosperous; fortunate; applied to persons; as auspicious chief. – Dryden.
- Favorable; kind; propitious; applied to persons or things; as, an auspicious mistress. – Shak.
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