to auspicate

Examples

• All

• The ancient priests would auspicate the city's fate from the flight of birds.

• Some believed that solar eclipses auspicate important changes in the world.

• The ancient Romans auspicated their journeys before setting off.

• Can you auspicate the outcome of the match?

• The fortune teller claimed she could auspicate future events based on the patterns of stars.

• In ancient Rome, priests would auspicate before battles to seek omens of victory.

• The villagers often would auspicate the harvest by observing the behavior of animals.

Synonyms

P

to predict

vsto auspicate

812 3.0

To say what will happen in the future

is specific to using signs or omens to reach that conclusion

S

to signal

vsto auspicate

138 3.0

To show that something exists or may happen

is specific to predicting events by interpreting signs or omens

F

to forecast

vsto auspicate

54 2.5

To say what will probably happen using information, for example about weather or business

focuses on traditional omen reading rather than statistical estimation

F

to foretell

vsto auspicate

41 7.0

To say what will happen in the future

focuses on interpreting signs or omens to indicate future events

P

to prophesy

vsto auspicate

28 7.4

To say what will happen in the future, often claiming it comes from a god

relies on interpreting physical signs or omens not divine messages

F

to foreshadow

vsto auspicate

16 6.2

To give a small sign that something will happen in the future

is read as a sign to indicate possible future outcomes

B

to bode

vsto auspicate

16 7.2

To be a sign that something good or bad will happen

is about interpreting those omens to predict specific results

P

to portend

vsto auspicate

• Formal

13 8.4

To show that something, often bad, will probably happen

is neutral about outcome not focused only on calamity

A

to anticipate

vsto auspicate

7 5.8

To happen earlier and show what will come later

is about interpreting forerunners as signs to indicate future events

P

to presage

vsto auspicate

• Literature

5 8.8

To show that something bad will happen

interprets signs to indicate or predict future events

A

to augur

vsto auspicate

4 8.6

To be a sign that something will happen

means interpreting such signs to indicate or predict events

P

to prognosticate

vsto auspicate

• Formal

3 9.3

To say what will happen in the future using clues

is narrower focusing on traditional omen interpretation rather than evidence

P

to prefigure

vsto auspicate

• Literature

1 8.0

To be a sign that something will happen later

uses those signs to indicate or predict the later event

B

to betoken

vsto auspicate

• Archaic

1 9.3

To be a sign of something

is used to read such signs to indicate future events

A

to annunciate

vsto auspicate

• Literature

9.9

To show that something will happen soon

does this specifically by reading signs or omens

F

to foreshow

vsto auspicate

• Archaic

9.9

Predict an event from a sign or dream

relies on reading ordinary signs or omens rather than divinity

F

to forebode

vsto auspicate

8.4

To seem to show that something bad will happen

is neutral in tone and not limited to unpleasant outcomes

P

to previse

vsto auspicate

• Archaic

9.9

To know something before it happens

does this specifically by interpreting signs or omens

How Predictive

to prophesy

28 7.4

to predict

812 3.0

to auspicate

• Archaic

9.9

to portend

• Formal

13 8.4

to hint

136 2.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology