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Auspiciousness (gcide) | Auspicious \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.
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Auspicious union of order and freedom. --Macaulay.
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2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. "Auspicious
chief." --Dryden.
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3. Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or
things. "Thy auspicious mistress." --Shak. "Auspicious
gales." --Pope.
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Syn: See Propitious.
[1913 Webster] -- Aus*pi"cious*ly, adv. --
Aus*pi"cious*ness, n.
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auspiciousness (wn) | auspiciousness
n 1: the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful
result [syn: auspiciousness, propitiousness] [ant:
inauspiciousness, unpropitiousness] |
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inauspiciousness (encz) | inauspiciousness, n: |
Auspiciousness (gcide) | Auspicious \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.
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Auspicious union of order and freedom. --Macaulay.
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2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. "Auspicious
chief." --Dryden.
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3. Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or
things. "Thy auspicious mistress." --Shak. "Auspicious
gales." --Pope.
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Syn: See Propitious.
[1913 Webster] -- Aus*pi"cious*ly, adv. --
Aus*pi"cious*ness, n.
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Inauspiciousness (gcide) | Inauspicious \In`aus*pi"cious\, a.
Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky;
unfavorable. "Inauspicious stars." --Shak. "Inauspicious
love." --Dryden. -- In`aus*pi"cious*ly, adv. --
In`aus*pi"cious*ness, n.
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inauspiciousness (wn) | inauspiciousness
n 1: the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result [syn:
inauspiciousness, unpropitiousness] [ant:
auspiciousness, propitiousness] |
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