Auspicate vs Presage - What's the difference?
auspicate | presage |
To foreshow; to foretoken.
To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business.
A warning of a future event; an omen.
An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
To predict or foretell something.
* Shakespeare
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times
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To make a prediction.
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
As verbs the difference between auspicate and presage
is that auspicate is to foreshow; to foretoken while presage is .As an adjective auspicate
is auspicious.auspicate
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(Webster 1913)Verb
(en-verb)References
* ----presage
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(en noun)Verb
(presag)- My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
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